gern

Meaning

  1. willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy etc.
  2. much; a lot
  3. (informal) easily; often
  4. Used to indicate a preference.

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gäärn

Zürich

Zürich

gèèrn

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡɛrn/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German gërne, from Old High German gërno, 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.

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