Negerhollands
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English
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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
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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]| Declension 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 | |||