Noun: ager
Gender: Common
Hyphenation:
Nominative
| Sg. indefinite | ager |
| Sg. definite | ageren |
| Pl. indefinite | agre |
| Pl. definite | agrene |
Genitive
| Sg. indefinite | agers |
| Sg. definite | agerens |
| Pl. indefinite | agres |
| Pl. definite | agrenes |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like ager
udenrigsminister,
guldalder,
justitsminister,
langfinger,
læremester,
lillefinger,
skulder,
skræddermester,
ringfinger,
intelligensalder,
tidsalder,
bonusforælder,
levealder,
tommelfinger,
lillesøster,
snedkermester,
gennemsnitsalder,
alder,
feber,
borgmester, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Old Danish akær, from Old Norse akr, from Proto-Germanic *akraz, cognate with Swedish åker, English acre, German Acker. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros (“field”), which is also the source of Latin ager, Ancient Greek ἀγρός (agrós), Sanskrit अज्रः (ájraḥ). See: Old Norse Nouns '
akr', Swedish Nouns '
åker', English Nouns '
acre', German Nouns '
Acker', Latin Nouns '
ager', Ancient Greek Nouns '
ἀγρός'.
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