Gert
/ɡɜːt/noun
A dialectal or informal British form meaning “great,” “very,” or “large,” especially associated with southwestern England.
Did you know?“Gert lush,” meaning “very good” or “very attractive,” became strongly associated with Bristol and West Country speech, showing how accents can create recognizable local vocabulary.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵreh₁-
“To grow, become larger, or increase; the reconstructed root behind the wider word family.”
West Germanic
West Germanic
*grautaz
“Large, great, or impressive; an ancestral Germanic form related to English “great.””
Old English
Old English
grēat
“Great, large, thick, powerful, or important.”
Middle English
Middle English
gret / grete
“Great, large, important, or intense; spelling and pronunciation varied regionally.”
Modern dialect English
English
gert
“A regional pronunciation and spelling of “great,” particularly associated with southwestern England.”