ner

See also 'ner

English

Etymology

Formed by onomatopoeia. The extended form is neener.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɜː/

Interjection

ner

1. (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!

Translations

an interjection

• Finnish: lälläs lää (fi)

• French: nananère (fr), nananananère (fr)

Derived terms

ner ner ner ner ner

Emphatic form of ner — pronounced /nɜː nɜː nə nɜː nɜː/ 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".

Anagrams

• ern
• ren

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German

Alternative forms

• 'ner

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nɐ/

Article

ner

1. (colloquial) shorthand of einer "a"

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Lojban

Rafsi

ner

1. rafsi of nenri.

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Norwegian

Preposition

ner

1. (until 2005, Bokmål) Alternative spelling of ned.

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Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Celtic *nero- (“hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr. Cognate with Middle Welsh ner (“chief, hero”).

Noun

ner m

1. boar

Synonyms

• cullach
• fithend
• torc

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) nair
• (Surmiran) neir

Etymology

From Latin niger.

Adjective

ner m f nera, m plural ners, f plural neras)

1. (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) black

Antonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter) alv
• (Vallader) alb

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Swedish

Etymology

A contraction of earlier neder, from Old Norse niðr, from Proto-Germanic *niþer.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /neːr/

• audio

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Alternative forms

• ned
• neder (archaic)

Adverb

ner (not comparable)

1. down; in a direction downwards
2. down; off (with various verbs to denote something which is turned off or shut down)