שוואַרצער

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Yiddish

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Etymology

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From the nominative masculine singular form of the adjective שוואַרץ (shvarts, black), probably as a calque of the English noun use of black.

Noun

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שוואַרצער (shvartserm, plural שוואַרצער (shvartser)

  1. (US, offensive, ethnic slur) A black man.

Adjective

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שוואַרצער (shvartser)

  1. inflection of שוואַרץ (shvarts):
    1. nominative masculine singular
    2. dative feminine singular