Aborigine
English edit
Etymology edit
Back-formation from Aborigines.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Aborigine (plural Aborigines)
- (offensive, ethnic slur) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonization), Aboriginal Australian.
Usage notes edit
This term is considered highly offensive to Aboriginal Australians.
Synonyms edit
- Aboriginal
- Aboriginal people
- Aboriginal Australian (neutral term)
Hypernyms edit
- Australoid
- Indigenous Australian (person of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia)
Translations edit
Aboriginal person from Australia, Aboriginal Australian
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Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Aborigine m (strong, genitive Aborigine or Aborigines, plural Aborigines, feminine Aborigine)
- Aborigine, Aboriginal Australian (male or of unspecified gender)
- Synonyms: (historic term, now racist) Australneger; australischer Ureinwohner, Ureinwohner Australiens
Declension edit
Declension of Aborigine [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Aborigine | die | Aborigines |
genitive | eines | des | Aborigine, Aborigines | der | Aborigines |
dative | einem | dem | Aborigine | den | Aborigines |
accusative | einen | den | Aborigine | die | Aborigines |
Hyponyms edit
- Aboriginemann, Aborigine-Mann
- Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau
Derived terms edit
- Aborigine-Eltern
- Aborigine-Englisch
- Aborigine-Junge
- Aborigine-Kunst
- Aborigine-Künstler
- Aborigine-Künstlerin (could also be: Aborigine-Künstler + -in)
- Aborigine-Kunstwerk
- Aborigine-Leben
- Aborigine-Literatur
- Aborigine-Mädchen
- Aboriginefamilie, Aborigine-Familie
- Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau
- Aboriginekind, Aborigine-Kind
- Aboriginemann, Aborigine-Mann
- Aboriginename
- Aboriginevolk, Aborigine-Volk
- Halbblut-Aborigine
- Vollblut-Aborigine
Noun edit
Aborigine f (genitive Aborigine, plural Aborigines, masculine Aborigine)
- Aborigine, Aboriginal Australian (female)
- Synonyms: Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau; (historic term, now racist) Australnegerin; australische Ureinwohnerin, Ureinwohnerin Australiens
Declension edit
Declension of Aborigine [feminine]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Aborigine | die | Aborigines |
genitive | einer | der | Aborigine | der | Aborigines |
dative | einer | der | Aborigine | den | Aborigines |
accusative | eine | die | Aborigine | die | Aborigines |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Aborigine” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Aborigine (Einwohner Australiens)” in Duden online
- “Aborigine (Einwohnerin Australiens)” in Duden online
- “Aborigine” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon