different between never vs neger

English

Alternative forms

• neuer (obsolete)
• ne'er, neva, nev'r, nevah, nevuh

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n?v.?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?.v?/, [?n?v??]
• Rhymes: -?v?(?)
• Hyphenation: nev?er

Etymology

From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English n?fre (“never”), equivalent to ne +? ever.

Adverb

never (not comparable)

1. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
   • 1634, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Act 2, Scene 4,

     Why should I love this Gentleman? Tis odds / He never will affect me;

   • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XXI: A New Departure in Flavorings,

     "I never thought you were so fond of Mr. Phillips that you'd require two handkerchiefs to dry your tears just because he was going away," said Marilla.

   • 1919, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health: Sensible Rules for the Nurse,

     Never speak of the symptoms of your patient in his presence, unless questioned by the doctor, whose orders you are always to obey implicitly.

2. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
   • 1601 November 30, Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I's Farewell Speech,

     There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love.

   • 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 4,

     "He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!"

   • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation,

     I never saw such an infatuated man.

3. (colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).

Antonyms

• all the time
• always
• consistently
• constantly
• continually
• continuously
• ever

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

never

1. A statement of defiance

Derived terms

Anagrams

• Verne, erven, nerve

Latvian

Verb

never

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of nev?rt
2. 3rd person singular present indicative form of nev?rt
3. 3rd person plural present indicative form of nev?rt
4. 2rd singular imperative form of nev?rt
5. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of nev?rt
6. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of nev?rt

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse næfr.

Noun

never f or m (definite singular neveren or nevra, indefinite plural nevrer or nevre, definite plural nevrene)

1. birchbark

Etymology 2

Noun

never m

1. indefinite plural of neve

References

• “never” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse næfr.

Noun

never f (definite singular nevra, indefinite plural nevrar or nevrer, definite plural nevrane or nevrene)

1. birchbark

References

• “never” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) naiver
• (Sursilvan, Surmiran) neiver

Etymology

From neiv or from Vulgar Latin *nivic?, *nivic?re < *niv?, niv?re, from Latin nix, nivis, from Proto-Indo-European *níg??s, *sníg??s (“snow”).

Verb

never

1. (Sutsilvan) to snow

Related terms

• nev

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