German

Noun

Neger m ‎(genitive Negers, plural Neger, diminutive Negerlein n or Negerchen n, feminine Negerin)

1. (now dated and derogatory, ethnic slur) negro, black: nigger
2. (dated) cue card

Usage notes

• Usage of Neger has been declining since the 1950s,^[1] and aside from right-wing extremists,^[1] most remaining users are over 60 (as of 2016).^[2] In modern speech it is considered discriminatory and derogatory, and therefore avoided.^[3][4]

Declension

Synonyms

• Farbiger (in a narrower sense)
• Afrikaner, Schwarzer
• Negro
• Mohr (dated)
• Nigger (offensive, ethnic slur)

Hypernyms

• Farbiger (in a broader sense)

Derived terms

1. 1 2 Kontroverse Begriffe: Geschichte des öffentlichen Sprachgebrauchs, reviewing press usage over time, says it now "functions as an explicitly defamatory term, and is avoided in public speech except by right-wing extremists", with the press already avoiding the term since the 70s.
2. ↑ Erwin Ebermann, Afrikaner in Wien: zwischen Mystifizierung und Verteufelung, per surveys done in Vienna
3. ↑ Neger in Duden online
4. ↑ “Neger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

English

Noun

neger ‎(plural negers)

1. (rare, sometimes eye dialect) Synonym of nigger [from 16th c.]
   • c. 1700, ‘The Saint Turn'd Sinner’ (ballad):

     The Parson still more eager, / Than lustful Turk or Neger, / Took up her lower Garment, / And said there was no harm in't, / According to the Text.

Anagrams

• genre, green, Green, regen

Danish

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger ‎(“black”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːjər/, [ˈneːjɐ]

Noun

neger c (singular definite negeren, plural indefinite negere)

1. (now offensive) a dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent
2. a ghostwriter

Usage notes

The term neger is now generally considered offensive; in its place, the term sort (black) is preferred.

Synonyms

• (dark-skinned, derogatory): nigger, abekat
• (dark-skinned, neutral): sort, farvet, afrikaner
• (ghostwriter): ghostwriter

External links

• neger on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From earlier modern Dutch negro ‎(“black person”) or from French nègre ‎(“black person”), from Spanish negro ‎(“black person”), from Latin niger ‎(“black”), of uncertain origin but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts ‎(“night”).

Noun

neger m ‎(plural negers, diminutive negertje n, feminine negerin)

1. (informal) a negro (male)

Usage notes

• For many speakers in Belgium and the Netherlands it is a neutral and non-offensive way to refer to someone with a darker skin colour. In recent years under influence of the offensiveness of the etymologically related English nigger, some speakers do take offence, making it a topic of some debate whether the word can still be used neutrally or not, with varying opinions being held.
• In Suriname, the word is a derogatory term, except when used in the compounds bosneger and stadsneger.^[1]
• The synonym zwarte can be used as a neutral alternative in all geographies and circumstances.

References

1. ↑ http://www.etymologiebank.nl/trefwoord/neger

Synonyms

• zwarte

Related terms

• negeren
• negerzoen
• negroïde
• bosneger

Descendants

• Afrikaans: neger

Anagrams

• enger
• genre
• regen

German

Adjective

neger

1. (Austria, colloquial, dated, offensive) broke, bankrupt

See also

• Neger
• Negerant

Latin

Verb

neger

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of negō

Norwegian

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger ‎(“black”).

Noun

neger m

1. (sometimes derogatory and offensive) negro

Inflection

Swedish

Etymology

From French nègre, from Spanish negro, from Latin niger ‎(“black”).

Noun

neger c

1. (derogatory, now offensive) a negro, a black person

Declension

Usage notes

• The word, potentially having derogatory connotations, has been avoided since the 1960s, primarily in favor of svart ‎(“black”) and afrikan ‎(“African”)

Synonyms

• blåman
• svarting

Related terms

• negerboll
• negerkyss
• negerslav
• blåneger