neekeri
Finnish
Etymology
Until the second half of the 19th century, direct loan without adaptation of Swedish neger, at least in writing, which rarely happens in Finnish. Since Finns cannot pronounce /ɡ/ and automatically replace it with /k/ and automatically add /i/ in speaking to foreign words ending in a consonant, the form neekeri was no doubt almost immediately used in speaking, long before it was used in writing. The Swedish word came from French nègre.
Pronunciation
Noun
neekeri
- (decreasingly common as a neutral term) a negro, a person of African descent
- (derogatory, offensive) a nigger, a person with dark brown skin
- (dated) journalist
- (usually humorous) a person who performs hard or menial work
- Kukahan neekeri me saadaan tekemään se?
- "Who's the negro you think we will get to do it?"
- Kukahan neekeri me saadaan tekemään se?
Usage notes
Originally non-pejorative, but more and more often used in a pejorative manner.
The humorousness of the fourth case is often interpreted by the person in question, so extreme care must be observed.
Declension
Inflection of neekeri (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | neekeri | neekerit | ||
genitive | neekerin | neekerien neekereiden neekereitten | ||
partitive | neekeriä | neekereitä neekerejä | ||
illative | neekeriin | neekereihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | neekeri | neekerit | ||
accusative | nom. | neekeri | neekerit | |
gen. | neekerin | |||
genitive | neekerin | neekerien neekereiden neekereitten | ||
partitive | neekeriä | neekereitä neekerejä | ||
inessive | neekerissä | neekereissä | ||
elative | neekeristä | neekereistä | ||
illative | neekeriin | neekereihin | ||
adessive | neekerillä | neekereillä | ||
ablative | neekeriltä | neekereiltä | ||
allative | neekerille | neekereille | ||
essive | neekerinä | neekereinä | ||
translative | neekeriksi | neekereiksi | ||
abessive | neekerittä | neekereittä | ||
instructive | — | neekerein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
Categories:
- Finnish terms borrowed from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from Swedish
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish derogatory terms
- Finnish offensive terms
- Finnish dated terms
- Finnish humorous terms
- Finnish paperi-type nominals