Etymograph

English

lager

Lager comes from German Lagerbier ‘beer made for storing’, and goes back to Lager ‘store’.

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentLager1‘store’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentLagerbier1‘beer made for storing’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019lager1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English lager
  2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2019, Kitty Empire pseudonym, The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everym: “The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Germanc. 1650–presentLagerWiktionary, English lager‘store’
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentLagerbierWiktionary, English lager‘beer made for storing’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2019lagerWiktionary, English lager. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2019, Kitty Empire pseudonym, The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everym: “The 40-year-old [Mike Skinner] is happy to put his…”

Every English word from German Lager

Today it means

noun A type of beer, brewed using a bottom-fermenting yeast.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “lager”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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