lagern
German, verb
lagern is spelled L-A-G-E-R-N (6 letters) and appears 9.5 times per million words in written German, the 7,292nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lagern is a German verb meaning “to leave something somewhere, to store, to deposit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Lagern is a different word: “dative plural of Lager”. On this page, Lägern is a different word: “dative plural of Lager”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas für eine spätere Verwendung an einem vorgesehenen Ort ablegen”.
What does lagern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to leave something somewhere, to store, to deposit
Der meiste Müll wird auf einer Mülldeponie gelagert.
- 2
to sit or lay down and rest.
- 3
to be stored (in some location)
In diesem Keller lagern über tausend Flaschen Wein.
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Lager
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Lager
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas für eine spätere Verwendung an einem vorgesehenen Ort ablegen 2. sich an einem Ort niederlassen, um beispielsweise eine Rast einzulegen
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 lagern
- lagert present singular third-person
- lagerte past
- gelagert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lagernd participle present
- lagre first-person indicative present
- lagere first-person indicative present
- lager first-person indicative present
- lagerst indicative present second-person
- lagerest second-person singular subjunctive
- lagrest second-person singular subjunctive
- lageret plural second-person subjunctive
- lagret plural second-person subjunctive
- lagerten first-person indicative plural
- lagertest indicative preterite second-person
- lagertet indicative plural preterite
- lagere! imperative singular
- lager! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lagern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lagern in German?
lagern appears 9.5 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).