lager
UK/ˈlɑːɡə//ˈlɑɡɚ/
lager noun: a type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast. Also the alternative spelling of laager.

Noun
lager (plural lagers)
- A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
- The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his body on the line in other ways, swapping a mug of tea for a fan's double pint of lager and messily necking it in one.2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC...
Verb
lager (third-person singular simple present lagers, present participle lagering, simple past and past participle lagered)
- To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification.
Also used as
lager is also the alternative spelling of laager.
lager meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
lager in Hindi
- लैगर
lager in Tamil
- லாகர், லேகர்
lager in Marathi
- लॅगर
lager in Urdu
- لیگر, لیگر کرنا
More languagesFewer languages
- lager in Bengali
- ল্যাগার
- lager in Malayalam
- ലാഗർ, ലഗർ, ലഗെർ
- lager in Kannada
- ಲಗರ್
- lager in Punjabi
- ਲੈਗਰ, ਲੈਗਰ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ
- lager in Gujarati
- લેગર
Examples of lager in a sentence
- I love to go down the pub and knock down pints of lager.
- A pint of lager, please. - Sorry, mate, you missed last orders.
- In a role reversal, he is drinking Smirnoff Ice while she steadily demolishes a six-pack of lager!
Forms of lager
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | lagers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | lagers |
| present participle | lagering |
| past participle | lagered |
| past | lagered |
Origin of lager
From German Lagerbier (“beer made for storing”), from Lager (“store”). Cognate with native English lair.
Words formed from lager
- cooking lager
- lager-beer
- lager-conditioned
- lagering
- lagerita
- lagerlike
- lager lout
- lagerphone
- lager top
- lagery
- superlagerlagered up
Phrases with lager
Words that rhyme with lager
Questions about lager
- What does lager mean?
- Lager means a type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.
- What is lager in Hindi?
- Lager in Hindi is लैगर. See Lager meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is lager?
- Lager can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce lager?
- Lager is pronounced /ˈlɑːɡə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of lager?
- The plural of lager is lagers.
Words near lager in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lager (page history and authors); lager (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lager (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lager (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lager (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lager (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lager (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lager (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lager (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lager (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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