neger

See also Neger

English

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈniːɡə/
• Rhymes: -iːɡə(ɹ)

Noun

neger (plural negers)

1. (now chiefly Caribbean) A Negro. [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

• genre, green, Green, regen

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Danish

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /neːjər/, [ˈneːjɐ]

Noun

neger c (singular definite negeren, plural indefinite negere)

1. (offensive, see usage notes) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent.
2. ghostwriter

Usage notes

The term neger is mostly considered offensive and politically incorrect. Instead the term sort (black) is preferred used. Among people above 65 years old or so, the term doesn't tend to have an offensive meaning and is therefore still used to describe a dark-skinned person.

Synonyms

• (dark-skinned, derogatory): nigger, abekat
• (dark-skinned, neutral): sort, farvet, afrikaner
• (ghostwriter): ghostwriter

External links

• Neger on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Noun

neger m (plural negers, diminutive negertje, feminine negerin)

1. A (male) negro.

Anagrams

• enger, genre, regen

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German

Adjective

neger

1. bankrupt; broke

See also

• Neger

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Latin

Verb

neger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of negō

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Norwegian

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger (“black”).

Noun

neger m

1. negro

Usage notes

This term might be considered derogatory.

Inflection

    Inflection of neger

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	neger	negeren	negere/negre/negrer	negerne/negrene
Nynorsk m	neger	negeren	negrar	negrane

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Swedish

Noun

neger c

1. a negro, a black person

Declension

Declension of neger

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	neger	negern	negrer	negrerna
genitive	negers	negerns	negrers	negrernas

Usage notes

• The word, having derogatory connotations, has been avoided since the 1960s, primarily in favor of svart (“black”) and afrikan (“African”)

Related terms

• negerboll
• negerkyss
• negerslav