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nerd
English
Alternative forms
- knurd (folk etymology, very rare)
- nurd (very rare)
Etymology
Unknown. Attested since 1951 as US student slang.
- Perhaps an alteration of nerts (“nuts", "crazy”); see references below.
- The word, capitalized, appeared in 1950 in Dr. Seuss’s If I Ran the Zoo as the name of an imaginary animal:
- And then, just to show them, I’ll sail to Katroo / And bring back an It-Kutch, a Preep and a Proo, / A Nerkle, a Nerd and a Seersucker too!
- Various unlikely folk etymologies and less likely backronymic speculations also exist.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: nûd, IPA(key): /n??d/
- (US) enPR: nûrd, IPA(key): /n??d/
- Rhymes: -??(r)d
Noun
nerd (plural nerds)
- (slang, sometimes derogatory) A person who is intellectual but generally introverted.
- 1953 Advertisement for "Businessman's Lunch", a play by Micheal Quinn, in Patricia Brown, Gloria Mundi
- 1953 Advertisement for "Businessman's Lunch", a play by Micheal Quinn, in Patricia Brown, Gloria Mundi
- (informal, sometimes derogatory) One who has an intense, obsessive interest in something.
- Synonyms: geek, otaku
- (slang, always derogatory) An unattractive, socially awkward, annoying, undesirable, and/or boring, person; a dork.
- Synonyms: dag (Australian), doofus, dork, dweeb, geek, goober, loser, propeller head, twerp
- A member of a subculture revolving around video games, fantasy and science fiction, comic books and assorted media. [from 1980s]
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:dork
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “nerd”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Further reading
- nerd on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nerds on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- dern, rend
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English nerd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nø?rt/
- Hyphenation: nerd
Noun
nerd m (plural nerds, diminutive nerdje n)
- nerd
Derived terms
- computernerd
- gamenerd
- internetnerd
- nerderig
- nerdo
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from English nerd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nærd/, /nø??/
- Rhymes: -ærd, -ø??
Noun
nerd m (definite singular nerden, indefinite plural nerder, definite plural nerdene)
- a nerd
References
- “nerd” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from English nerd.
Noun
nerd m (definite singular nerden, indefinite plural nerdar, definite plural nerdane)
- a nerd
References
- “nerd” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English nerd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?rt/
Noun
nerd m pers
- (derogatory) nerd (intellectual, skillful person, generally introverted)
Declension
Further reading
- nerd in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- nerd in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English nerd.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??d??/, /?n??.d??i/
Noun
nerd m, f (plural nerds)
- nerd (intellectual, introverted and quirky person)
- Synonyms: CDF, totó
Adjective
nerd (invariable, comparable)
- nerdy (who is a nerd)
Usage notes
Until recently, this word was somewhat pejorative. Nowadays it is used both negatively and positively.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ne?d/, [?ne?ð?]
Noun
nerd m or f (plural nerds)
- nerd
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ner
English
Etymology
Formed by onomatopoeia. The extended form is neener.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??/
Interjection
ner
- (slang, childish) An interjection generally used when gloating about a perceived cause of humiliation or inferiority for the person being addressed, often when disagreeing with a statement considered incorrect or irrelevant.
- You're wrong, so ner!
- I don't care what you think, so ner!
- I've got more sweets than you. Ner ner ner ner ner!
Derived terms
- ner ner ner ner ner
- Emphatic form of ner — pronounced /n?? n?? n? n?? n??/ and sung or spoken with the rhythm: crotchet, dotted quaver, semiquaver, crotchet, crotchet. Spelling is not canonical; alternatives are "ner ner na ner ner" or "ner ner ne ner ner".
Translations
Anagrams
- -ern, -ren, Ern, NRE, REN, RNE, ern, ren
German
Alternative forms
- 'ner
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?/
Article
ner
- (colloquial) Contraction of einer (“a, an”).
Norwegian Bokmål
Adverb
ner
- form removed with the spelling reform of 2005; superseded by ned
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adverb
ner
- (dialectal) Alternative form of ned
Old Irish
Etymology
After Witczak, from Proto-Celtic *e?ros (“boar”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h?)epros (“boar”), with the n- arising from rebracketing of the demonstrative-final n in accusative *ton e?ron, i.e. overgeneralisation of the nasal mutation. Cognate with Proto-Germanic *eburaz, Latin aper, and (with a prefix) Proto-Slavic *vepr?. Witczak rejects Pokorny's derivation from Proto-Celtic *nero- (“hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?n?r (“man, male”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n??er/
Noun
ner m (genitive neir, nominative plural neir)
- (poetic) boar
Inflection
Synonyms
- cullach
- fithend
- torc
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “ner”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /n?r/
Noun
ner f
- genitive plural of nera
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
- (Surmiran) neir
Etymology
From Latin nigrum, accusative of niger.
Adjective
ner m (feminine singular nera, masculine plural ners, feminine plural neras)
- (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) black
Antonyms
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv
- (Vallader) alb
Swedish
Alternative forms
- ned (more formal)
- neder (archaic except in some compounds)
Etymology
A contraction of earlier neder, from Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer, from Proto-Indo-European *niter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ne?r/
Adverb
ner (not comparable)
- (somewhat informal) down; in a direction downwards
- (somewhat informal) down; off (with various verbs to denote something which is turned off or shut down)
Usage notes
The forms ned and ner are often, but not always, interchangeable. The form ned is more formal and is especially found in compounds of more formal nature, whereas ner is more common as a word on its own. For instance the formal word nedlägga (“to discontinue, shut down”) vs. its informal equivalent lägga ner. Some compounds can use either form, e.g. nedladdning (“download”) (more formal) or nerladdning (less formal). Some compounds only use ned, e.g. nedlåtande (“condescending”).
In a few compounds, the otherwise archaic form neder is used, e.g. nederbörd (“precipitation”) or nedervåning (“ground floor”).
References
- ner in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- ner in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Anagrams
- ren
Turkmen
Alternative forms
- ??? (ner) (Arabic)
Etymology
From Persian ??? (nar).
Adjective
ner
- male
- Synonym: erkek
Noun
ner (definite accusative neri, plural nerler)
- male camel
Declension
Alternative forms
- iner
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse nær, comparative of ná-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [né??]
- Rhymes: -é?r
Adjective
ner (comparative nermene or nemmene, superlative nemmäst or nemest or nemst)
- Close; near.
Derived terms
- nerhänneli
- nerhännäs
- nerkuno
- nerskylt
- närliggjen
- när
- näst
- skôtner
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