gern

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English

Etymology

See grin.

Pronunciation

Verb

gern (third-person singular simple present gerns, present participle gerning, simple past and past participle gerned)

  1. (obsolete) To grin.
  2. (obsolete) To yawn.

References

Anagrams

German

Alternative forms

  • gerne (both forms are roughly equally frequent)

Etymology

From Middle High German gerne, from Old High German gerno, from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, from Proto-Germanic *gernô (willingly, gladly), an adverbial form of *gernaz (eager, willing). Akin to German Low German geren (Paderbornisch), Dutch gaarne, English yern, Swedish gärna, Danish gerne.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gern (comparative lieber, superlative am liebsten)

  1. willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy etc.
    Markus fährt gern Fahrrad.
    Markus enjoys biking.
  2. (only with mögen) much; a lot
    Dieses Lied mag ich gern.
    I like this song a lot.
  3. (chiefly informal) easily; often
    Mir wird gern mal schlecht im Auto.
    I easily feel sick in the car.
  4. Used to indicate a preference.
    Ich schlafe gern in meinem eigenen Bett.
    I prefer sleeping in my own bed.

Usage notes

  • It's common to use gern(e), often with mögen in the subjunctive, to make requests more polite, regardless of frequency or enjoyment:
    Ich möchte dieses Kleid gerne anprobieren.I'd like to try on this dress please.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • gern” in Duden online
  • gern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hunsrik

Etymology

Inherited from Central Franconian gään, from Middle High German gerne, from Old High German gerno, from Proto-West Germanic *gernō, from Proto-Germanic *gernô.[1]

Cognate with German gern and Luxembourgish gär.

Pronunciation

Adverb

gern

  1. willingly; gladly

Usage notes

  • When used with verbs, gern can have the same function of like in English, in the sense of "enjoying doing something": Ich schlofe gernI like sleeping.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “gern”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 66

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence also Old English ġeorn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gern

  1. willing, eager

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Middle High German: gern, gerne

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gern, from Proto-Germanic *gernaz, whence Old English ġeorn.

Pronunciation

Adjective

gern (comparative gernoro, superlative gernost)

  1. eager

Declension


Adverb

gern

  1. willingly
    Synonym: gerno