araber

See also: Araber

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /araːbər/, [ɑˈʁɑːˀb̥ɐ], [aˈʁɑːˀb̥ɐ]

Noun

araber c (singular definite araberen, plural indefinite arabere)

1. Arab (a person of Arab origin), Arabian (a native of Arabia)
2. Arabian (an Arabian horse)

Inflection

Declension of araber

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	araber	araberen	arabere	araberne
genitive	arabers	araberens	araberes	arabernes

Synonyms

• (Arabian horse): araberhest

Further reading

• araber on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Araber (“Arab”), after Latin Arabs (“Arab”), plural Arabes, from Ancient Greek Ἄραψ (Áraps, “Arab”), Ἄραβος (Árabos), plural Ἄραβες (Árabes), ultimately from Arabic عَرَب (ʿarab, “Arabs”). The ending was reinforced by -er (“person-forming suffix”).

The sense “person from Haugesund” is an old sailors' nickname of uncertain origin. The best-known explanation is a legend about a sailor from Haugesund who, after losing his clothes in a Middle Eastern port, returned to his ship dressed in local clothing and supposedly protested: “Eg e ’kje araber. Eg e fra Haugesund!” (“I’m not an Arab. I’m from Haugesund!”). Another explanation connects the nickname with the guttural R of the Haugesund dialect and other Southwestern Norwegian dialects.

Compare Norwegian Nynorsk arabar and Danish araber (“Arab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈrɑː.bər/
• Rhymes: -ɑːbər
• Hyphenation: a‧ra‧ber

Noun

araber m (definite singular araberen, indefinite plural arabere, definite plural araberne)

1. an Arab; a person belonging to the Arabic-speaking peoples of the Middle East and North Africa

   Han er araber og snakker arabisk. ― He is an Arab and speaks Arabic.

   Synonym: arab

2. an Arabian horse

   Hun rir en araber. ― She rides an Arabian horse.

   Synonym: araberhest

3. (dated, humorous) a person from Haugesund

   Han er araber, født og oppvokst i Haugesund. ― He is from Haugesund, born and raised in Haugesund.

   Synonym: haugesunder

Usage notes

• In the sense “person from Haugesund”, araber is an old nickname especially associated with sailors' usage. Its origin is traditionally explained by several anecdotes or folk etymologies, rather than by one securely documented historical event.

Derived terms

• araberhest (“Arabian horse”)
• arabisk (“Arab; Arabic”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

araber m pl

1. indefinite plural of arab (“Arab”)

References

• “araber” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “araber” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “araber_-_person_fra_Haugesund” in Store norske leksikon
• Arabere on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^no

Swedish

Noun

araber

1. indefinite plural of arab

Anagrams

• barare