hager

See also: häger

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish hager, from Proto-Brythonic *hagr, from Proto-Celtic *sakros, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k-. Cognate with Welsh hagr.

Adjective

hager

  1. ugly, hideous
  2. bad, nasty
    Synonyms: badd, bystyon, drog, plos

Derived terms

  • hager awel (bad weather, storm)
  • hager bryv (serpent)
  • hager dowl (stroke of bad luck)
  • hager dros (cacophony)
  • hager gowas (deluge, downpour)
  • hager ober (crime)
  • hager vargen (bad deal)
  • hager viaj (bad business)
  • hagra (make ugly, verb)
  • kronegyn hager du (ugly little black toad)

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːər

Noun

hager c

  1. indefinite plural of hage

Verb

hager

  1. present of hage

German

Etymology

From Central Middle High German hager. The word is not originally present in Upper German. The standard literature is inconsistent on whether it was restricted to Central German or if it is also old in Low German (compare late Middle Low German hager). Further origin unknown.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːɡɐ/
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Adjective

hager (strong nominative masculine singular hagerer, comparative hagerer or hagrer, superlative am hagersten)

  1. gaunt

Declension

Further reading

  • hager” in Duden online
  • hager” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hager m

  1. indefinite plural of hage