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gern.

willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy etc.

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adv/ɡɛrn/[ɡɛʁn][ɡɛɐ̯n]

  1. willingly; gladly; with pleasure; usually expressed verbally in English, with like, enjoy etc.

    Markus fährt gern Fahrrad.

  2. much; a lot

    Dieses Lied mag ich gern.

  3. easily; often

    informal
    Mir wird gern mal schlecht im Auto.

  4. Used to indicate a preference.

    Ich schlafe gern in meinem eigenen Bett.
Where this word comes from

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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