kaffer

See also: Käffer

English

Noun

kaffer (plural kaffers)

1. Alternative form of kaffir.

Anagrams

• Kaffre

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kaffer, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafər/

Noun

kaffer (plural kaffers)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

Synonyms

• kaffir

Danish

Noun

kaffer c

1. indefinite plural of kaffe
2. (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.fər/
• Hyphenation: kaf‧fer
• Rhymes: -ɑfər

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

Noun

kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)

1. (originally derogatory) A non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim viewpoint.
2. (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

   Synonyms: neger, zwarte, (ethnic slur, offensive) nikker

Derived terms

• kafferlelie

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kaffer
• Sranan Tongo: kafri
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kafri
• → English: kaffir (or from another European language)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish [Term?].

Noun

kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)

1. (derogatory) A stupid person, a numskull.

   Synonyms: steenezel, uilskuiken

Derived terms

• kafferlelie
• uitkafferen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaf.fer/, [ˈkɑf.fəɾ]

Noun

kaffer m (definite singular kafferen, indefinite plural kaffere, definite plural kafferne)

1. An archaic name for an African Bantu; a member of any ethnic group that speaks a Bantu language
2. (derogatory) Any black person

Synonyms

• (speaker of any Bantu language): bantu
• (derogatory name for black person): neger, nigger, svarting

References

• “kaffer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German gaffer.

Noun

kaffer m

1. camphor