lager

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English word lager comes from Proto-Germanic *legrą (A lying, a place where one lies; camp.)

*legrą (Proto-Germanic)

A lying, a place where one lies; camp.

legar (Old High German)

leger (Middle High German)

Lager (German)

Bearing (mechanical device). Camp. Short for ; lager (beer of low fermentation). Store; deposit.

Lagerbier (German)

lager (English)

To store (lager beer) at a low temperature for maturing and clarification. A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

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