Neger
German (Berlin)
/ˈneːɡɐ/, /ˈneːɡər/
noun
Definitions
- (dated) black; negro; nigger
- (dated) cue card
Etymology
Borrowed from French nègre (black, nigger, black person) derived from Latin niger (black, dark, shining black).
Origin
Latin
niger
Gloss
black, dark, shining black
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
黒
Emoji
🐃 🐈⬛ 🕋 🖤 🦓
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- neger English
- nigger English
- nigrite English
- Nigrinus Latin
- capellus magnus niger Latin
- capellus niger Latin
- nigellus Latin
- niger Latin
- nigredo Latin
- nigriceps Latin
- nigricollis Latin
- nigricostus Latin
- nigrifrons Latin
- nigrimanus Latin
- nigripalpus Latin
- nigripennis Latin
- nigrirostris Latin
- nigritarsis Latin
- nigrithorax Latin
- nigritia Latin
- nigrities Latin
- nigriventris Latin
- nigrofasciatus Latin
- nigrolineatus Latin
- nigromaculatus Latin
- nigropunctatus Latin
- nigrum, niger Latin
- seminiger Latin
- Kuss German
- Musik German
- Negerkuss German
- Negermusik German
- Vernegerung German
- nero Italian
- neger Dutch, Flemish
- nègre French
- négraille French
- négresse French
- négrillon French
- négrophobe French
- négroïde French
- petit nègre French
- негр Russian
- negro Spanish, Castilian
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- neger Norwegian Bokmål
- negro Portuguese
- neger Swedish
- neger Norwegian Nynorsk
- haleneger Danish
- neger Danish
- negerbolle Danish
- noir Old French
- nigra Esperanto
- negri Icelandic
- негър Bulgarian
- nèg Haitian, Haitian Creole
- noi Bourguignon
- niro Neapolitan