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English

Etymology

Perhaps from French nègre, from Spanish negro; or perhaps a variant of nigger.

Noun

neger (plural negers)

1. (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.

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)

1. (derogatory, now offensive) a dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent
2. 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)

1. (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

1. (Austria, colloquial, dated, possibly offensive) broke, bankrupt

See also

• Neger
• Negerant

Latin

Verb

neger

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. (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

English

Etymology

From Middle English newer, newere, from Old English n?wra, from Proto-Germanic *niwizô (“newer”), comparative of Proto-Germanic *niwjaz (“new”), equivalent to new +? -er. Cognate witt West Frisian nijere (“newer”), Dutch nieuwere (“newer”), German neuer (“newer”), Danish nyere (“newer”), Swedish nyare (“newer”), Icelandic nýrri (“newer”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?n(j)u?/

Adjective

newer (comparative adjective; Positive: new; Superlative: newest)

1. comparative form of new: more new, more recent.

Translations

Anagrams

• renew, weren

German

Adjective

newer

1. comparative degree of new

Adjective

newer

1. inflection of new:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural