neger
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈneː.ɣər/
noun
Definitions
- (colloquial) a black person, a Negro male or of unspecified gender
Etymology
Derived from French nègre (black, nigger, black person) derived from Spanish, Castilian negro (black, black person) derived from Latin niger (black, dark, shining black) derived from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts (night).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*nókʷts
Gloss
night
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夜
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Negerhollands English
- Negrillo English
- Negro English
- 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 Latin
- nigrum, niger Latin
- noctem Latin
- noctula Latin
- nocturnus Latin
- nox Latin
- seminiger Latin
- Neger German
- nero Italian
- Hollands Dutch, Flemish
- Negerhollands Dutch, Flemish
- bos Dutch, Flemish
- bosneger Dutch, Flemish
- dresneger Dutch, Flemish
- negerin Dutch, Flemish
- negerinnentet Dutch, Flemish
- negerzoen Dutch, Flemish
- stad Dutch, Flemish
- stadsneger Dutch, Flemish
- zoen Dutch, Flemish
- nègre French
- négraille French
- négresse French
- négrillon French
- négrophobe French
- négroïde French
- petit nègre French
- негр Russian
- albinegro Spanish, Castilian
- aurinegro Spanish, Castilian
- carinegro Spanish, Castilian
- cisne negro Spanish, Castilian
- ennegrecer Spanish, Castilian
- gualdinegro Spanish, Castilian
- negrear Spanish, Castilian
- negrecer Spanish, Castilian
- negrero Spanish, Castilian
- negrillo Spanish, Castilian
- negrito Spanish, Castilian
- negro Spanish, Castilian
- negruzco Spanish, Castilian
- νύξ Ancient Greek
- *nókʷts Proto-Indo-European
- neger Norwegian Bokmål
- negro Portuguese
- *nahts Proto-Germanic
- neger Swedish
- neger Norwegian Nynorsk
- नक्त Sanskrit
- नक्ति Sanskrit
- neger Danish
- *netopyřь Proto-Slavic
- *noťь Proto-Slavic
- noir Old French
- nigra Esperanto
- negro Cebuano
- Negro Tagalog
- негър Bulgarian
- *noxs Proto-Celtic
- *aktúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *nákts Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *naktā Proto-Albanian
- *naktís Proto-Balto-Slavic
- nèg Haitian, Haitian Creole
- noi Bourguignon
- dresi Sranan Tongo
- niro Neapolitan
- 𐬥𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬎 Avestan