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neger
English
Etymology
Perhaps from French nègre, from Spanish negro; or perhaps a variant of nigger.
Noun
neger (plural negers)
- (rare) Synonym of nigger [from 16th c.]
- c. 1700, ‘The Saint Turn'd Sinner’ (ballad):
- The Parson still more eager, / Than lustful Turk or Neger, / Took up her lower Garment, / And said there was no harm in't, / According to the Text.
- c. 1700, ‘The Saint Turn'd Sinner’ (ballad):
Anagrams
- Egner, Geren, Green, Green., genre, green, regen
Danish
Etymology
From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ne?j?]
Noun
neger c (singular definite negeren, plural indefinite negre)
- (derogatory, now offensive) a dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent
- a ghostwriter
Declension
or
Usage notes
The term neger is not quite as offensive as English nigger, but is now generally considered offensive by most people; in its place, the term sort (“black”) is preferred.
Synonyms
- (dark-skinned, derogatory): nigger, abekat
- (dark-skinned, neutral): sort, farvet, afrikaner, mørkhudet (“dark skinned”)
- (ghostwriter): ghostwriter
Further reading
- neger on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
From earlier negro (“black person”) or from French nègre (“black person”), from Spanish negro (“black person”), from Latin niger (“black”), of uncertain origin but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nók?ts (“night”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ne?.??r/
- Hyphenation: ne?ger
- Rhymes: -e???r
Noun
neger m (plural negers, diminutive negertje n, feminine negerin)
- (colloquial, possibly offensive) a black person, a Negro (male or of unspecified gender)
Usage notes
- For many speakers in Belgium and the Netherlands it is a neutral albeit mainly colloquial way to refer to someone with a dark skin colour. Historically, the word was also used in formal registers, including in newspapers and literary works, but such use has become rare by the early 21st century.
- In Suriname, the word is a derogatory term, except when used in the compounds bosneger and stadsneger.
- In the Benelux, since about 2010, neger is increasingly considered to be hurtful, condescending and/or discriminatory, especially by black people, due to the offensiveness of the etymologically related English nigger and Negro.
- There is evidence that at least some black speakers have reappropriated the word.
- The synonym zwarte or zwarte persoon/man/vrouw can be used as a neutral alternative in all geographies and circumstances. There is also some use of the neologisms Afro-Nederlander, Afro-Belg and Afro-Vlaming, which are neutral alternatives in all circumstances, but can only be used for respectively Dutch people, Belgians and Flemings with African roots.
Synonyms
- zwarte
Derived terms
- bosneger
- dobberneger
- excuusneger
- negeren
- negerin
- negerslaaf
- negerstam
- negerzoen
- nepneger
- stadsneger
Related terms
- negroïde
Descendants
- Afrikaans: neger
References
Anagrams
- enger
- genre
- regen
German
Adjective
neger
- (Austria, colloquial, dated, possibly offensive) broke, bankrupt
See also
- Neger
- Negerant
Latin
Verb
neger
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of neg?
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).
Noun
neger m (definite singular negeren, indefinite plural negere or negre or negrer, definite plural negerne or negrene)
- a Negro (sometimes derogatory and offensive)
References
- “neger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).
Noun
neger m (definite singular negeren, indefinite plural negrar, definite plural negrane)
- a Negro (sometimes derogatory and offensive)
References
- “neger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).
Noun
neger c
- (derogatory, now offensive) a negro, a black person
Declension
Usage notes
- The word, potentially having derogatory connotations, has been avoided since the 1960s, primarily in favor of svart (“black”) and afrikan (“African”).
- The pluralization with -ar, although attested as early as 1756, less common and omitted from several dictionaries.
Synonyms
- blåman
- svarting
Derived terms
- negerboll
- negerkyss
- negerslav
- blåneger
References
Anagrams
- gener, genre, green
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neer
English
Alternative forms
- near, neir
Etymology
From Middle English neere, nere, from Old English *n?ora, from Proto-Germanic *neurô, from Proto-Indo-European *neg??rós.
Cognate with Dutch nier (“kidney”), Low German nere (“kidney”), German Niere (“kidney”), Swedish njure (“kidney”), Icelandic nýru (“kidney”), Latin nefrones, nefrendes, nebrundines (“testicles”), Ancient Greek ?????? (nephrós, “kidney, testicle”).
Noun
neer (plural neers)
- (now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) (anatomy) Kidney.
References
- “neer” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.
Anagrams
- Rene, erne, reen
Dutch
Alternative forms
- neder
Etymology
Contraction of neder.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -e?r
- IPA(key): [n??r]
Adverb
neer
- down, downwards
Antonyms
- op
Derived terms
Anagrams
- eren
Estonian
Etymology
From a Germanic language, compare German Niere, Dutch nier.
Noun
neer (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- (anatomy) kidney
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Middle English
Adjective
neer
- Alternative form of neere
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