leger
German, adjective
leger is a German adjective meaning “casual, informal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Leger is a different word: “agent noun of legen; layer”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “leicht, bequem (meist in Zusammenhang mit Kleidung)”.
What does leger mean in English?
adjective
- 1
casual, informal
- 2
dressed down
noun
- 1
masculineagent noun of legen; layer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. leicht, bequem (meist in Zusammenhang mit Kleidung) 2. ohne besondere Anstrengung
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 leger
- legerer masculine nominative singular
- am legersten superlative
- legere feminine nominative singular
- legeres neuter nominative singular
- legeren genitive masculine singular
- legerem dative masculine singular
- der legere definite includes-article masculine
- die legere definite feminine includes-article
- das legere definite includes-article neuter
- die legeren definite includes-article nominative
- des legeren definite genitive includes-article
- der legeren definite feminine genitive
- dem legeren dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is leger in German?
leger appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).