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mager

See also: Mager, mäger, måger, and -mager

Danish edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Danish maghær, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mager

  1. lean
  2. thin, spare, skinny, scrawny
  3. poor, meagre
Inflection edit
Inflection of mager
Positive Comparative Superlative
Indefinte common singular mager — —2
Indefinite neuter singular magert — —2
Plural magre — —2
Definite attributive1 magre — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin magus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈmæˀjɐ], [ˈmæˀɐ], [ˈmæˀɡ̊ɐ]

Noun edit

mager c (singular definite mageren, plural indefinite magere)

  1. mage
Inflection edit
Declension of mager
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mager mageren magere magerne
genitive magers magerens mageres magernes

Etymology 3 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mager c

  1. indefinite plural of mage

Etymology 4 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

mager

  1. present of mage

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with German, Danish, and Swedish mager, etc., and with Latin macer, Italian magro and English meager through Indo-European.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.ɣər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ger
  • Rhymes: -aːɣər

Adjective edit

mager (comparative magerder, superlative magerst)

  1. lean, (nearly) without fat
  2. meager, skinny, thin
  3. poor, pitiful, skim
    Zo'n mager loon betekent magere melk en mager vertier!
    Such meager wages mean skimmed milk and poor entertainment!
  4. low-fat
    Synonym: vetarm
  5. infertile (said of soil); weak

Inflection edit

Inflection of mager
uninflected mager
inflected magere
comparative magerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial mager magerder het magerst
het magerste
indefinite m./f. sing. magere magerdere magerste
n. sing. mager magerder magerste
plural magere magerdere magerste
definite magere magerdere magerste
partitive magers magerders —

Antonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: maer
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: manggri
  • Negerhollands: mager
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: mager
  • → Saramaccan: mángru
  • → Sranan Tongo: mangri

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with Dutch mager, Danish mager, Norwegian Bokmål mager, Norwegian Nynorsk mager, Swedish mager, etc., and with English meagre through Indo-European.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːɡɐ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ger

Adjective edit

mager (strong nominative masculine singular magerer or (rare) magrer, not comparable)

  1. lean, without fat
  2. meager, skinny

Declension edit

Positive forms of mager (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist mager sie ist mager es ist mager sie sind mager
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative magerer
magrer1 		magere
magre1 		mageres
magres1 		magere
magre1
genitive mageren
magren1 		magerer
magrer1 		mageren
magren1 		magerer
magrer1
dative magerem
magrem1 		magerer
magrer1 		magerem
magrem1 		mageren
magren1
accusative mageren
magren1 		magere
magre1 		mageres
magres1 		magere
magre1
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der magere
der magre1 		die magere
die magre1 		das magere
das magre1 		die mageren
die magren1
genitive des mageren
des magren1 		der mageren
der magren1 		des mageren
des magren1 		der mageren
der magren1
dative dem mageren
dem magren1 		der mageren
der magren1 		dem mageren
dem magren1 		den mageren
den magren1
accusative den mageren
den magren1 		die magere
die magre1 		das magere
das magre1 		die mageren
die magren1
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein magerer
ein magrer1 		eine magere
eine magre1 		ein mageres
ein magres1 		(keine) mageren
(keine) magren1
genitive eines mageren
eines magren1 		einer mageren
einer magren1 		eines mageren
eines magren1 		(keiner) mageren
(keiner) magren1
dative einem mageren
einem magren1 		einer mageren
einer magren1 		einem mageren
einem magren1 		(keinen) mageren
(keinen) magren1
accusative einen mageren
einen magren1 		eine magere
eine magre1 		ein mageres
ein magres1 		(keine) mageren
(keine) magren1

1Rare.

Related terms edit

Further reading edit

Indonesian edit

Etymology edit

Blend of malas (“lazy”) +‎ gerak (“move”)

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɡər/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gêr

Adjective edit

magêr (superlative termager)

  1. (slang) lazy.
    Synonym: malas

Norwegian Bokmål edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Adjective edit

mager (neuter singular magert, definite singular and plural magre)

  1. meager (US) or meagre (UK), lean
    magert kjøtt - lean meat
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

mager m

  1. indefinite plural of mage

References edit

Norwegian Nynorsk edit

Etymology edit

From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mager (neuter singular magert, definite singular and plural magre)

  1. thin, emaciated, scrawny (having little fat on one's body)
  2. meagre (UK) or meager (US)

Derived terms edit

References edit

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Swedish magher, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

mager (comparative magrare, superlative magrast)

  1. lean, without fat
  2. meager, skinny
  3. meager, infertile, barren
    • 1747–62, Olof von Dalin, Svea rikes historia :
      Det war den tidens smak: och ju magrare et land fans, ju snarare skickade det nya folksvärmar ifrån sig.

Declension edit

Inflection of mager
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular mager magrare magrast
Neuter singular magert magrare magrast
Plural magra magrare magrast
Masculine plural3 magre magrare magrast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 magre magrare magraste
All magra magrare magraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

See also edit

Anagrams edit

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

mager

  1. a twig

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[1], Pacific linguistics
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