Negerhollands
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Dutch Negerhollands.
Proper noun[edit]
Negerhollands
- A Dutch-based creole, also incorporating elements of Danish, English, French, Spanish and West African languages, once spoken in what are now the US Virgin Islands.
Translations[edit]
Translations
|
Dutch[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Negerhollandsch (obsolete)
Etymology[edit]
Compound of neger (“black person”) + Hollands (“Hollandic”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Negerhollands n
- Negerhollands (extinct creole language).
Usage notes[edit]
- Despite the name, the main lexifier dialect was Zealandic rather than Hollandic.
- Sometimes offensive; see the usage notes at neger.
Adjective[edit]
Negerhollands (not comparable)
- Pertaining to Negerhollands.
Usage notes[edit]
As above.
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of Negerhollands | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
uninflected | Negerhollands | |||
inflected | Negerhollandse | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | Negerhollands | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | Negerhollandse | ||
n. sing. | Negerhollands | |||
plural | Negerhollandse | |||
definite | Negerhollandse | |||
partitive | Negerhollands |