geer

== English == === Noun === geer (countable and uncountable, plural geers) Obsolete form of gear. === See also === gottle o' geer === Anagrams === Eger, Gere, eger, egre, gree == Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch gêer, from Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. ==== Noun ==== geer m (plural geren, diminutive geertje n) spear Synonyms: speer, spies, lans (heraldry) gyron ===== Derived terms ===== aalgeer === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch geer, gere, from Old Dutch gero, from Proto-West Germanic *gerō, from Proto-Germanic *gerô, related to *gernaz (“willing, eager”). Also related to the verb geeren (“to covet”). ==== Noun ==== geer f (uncountable, no diminutive) (obsolete) desire, lust Synonym: begeerte ===== Alternative forms ===== ghere (Early Modern) ===== Related terms ===== geren (“to covet”) == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch *gēr, from Proto-West Germanic *gaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *gaizaz. === Noun === gêer m spear ==== Inflection ==== This noun needs an inflection-table template. ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: geer ==== Further reading ==== “ghere (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “geer (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III