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Lager

German, noun

Lager is a German neuter noun meaning “place where one sleeps, such as a bed or a spot in a barn, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, lager is a different word: “first-person singular present of lagern (colloquial)”. With an umlaut, Läger is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Lager”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Raum oder Gebäude zur geordneten Unterbringung von Waren”.

What does Lager mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    neuterplace where one sleeps, such as a bed or a spot in a barn, etc.

    Matratzenlager

  2. 2

    neuterlair of an animal (but not usually underground, for which Bau)

  3. 3

    neutercamp (accommodation of tents or quickly built houses)

    Flüchtlingslager

  4. 4

    neuterobsoletearmy, especially but not exclusively when encamped

  5. 5

    neutercamp, party (group of people sharing some interest or opinion)

  6. 6

    neuterstock; storage; warehouse; depot; repository (building or room used for keeping goods)

    auf Lager

  7. 7

    neutermeasure (of some resource)

  8. 8

    neuterbearing

adjective

  1. 1

    of Lage

verb

as lager
  1. 1

    first-person singular present of lagern (colloquial)

  2. 2

    singular imperative of lagern (colloquial)

noun

as Läger
  1. 1

    neuternominative/accusative/genitive plural of Lager

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Raum oder Gebäude zur geordneten Unterbringung von Waren 2. Gelände zur Unterbringung von großen Materialmengen 3. vorübergehende (provisorische) Unterkunft/Unterbringung, insbesondere militärisch 4. Erz- oder Gesteinsschicht

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Lager

  • Lagers genitive
  • Läger plural
  • Lagern dative definite plural
  • Lägern dative definite plural
  • Lg. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Lager

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Lager in German?

Lager appears 45 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).