neeger
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Most likely borrowed from German Neger.
Noun edit
neeger (genitive neegri, partitive neegrit)
- negro, person of African descent
Usage notes edit
Can be both neutral and pejorative, although the neutral meaning is becoming increasingly restricted to rural and less-educated speakers, due to influence from English. In formal polite speech (and in writing) the term mustanahaline is generally preferred.
Declension edit
| Declension of neeger (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | neeger | neegrid | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | neegri | ||
| genitive | neegrite | ||
| partitive | neegrit | neegreid | |
| illative | neegrisse | neegritesse neegreisse | |
| inessive | neegris | neegrites neegreis | |
| elative | neegrist | neegritest neegreist | |
| allative | neegrile | neegritele neegreile | |
| adessive | neegril | neegritel neegreil | |
| ablative | neegrilt | neegritelt neegreilt | |
| translative | neegriks | neegriteks neegreiks | |
| terminative | neegrini | neegriteni | |
| essive | neegrina | neegritena | |
| abessive | neegrita | neegriteta | |
| comitative | neegriga | neegritega | |
Synonyms edit
- mustanahaline
- murjan (dated)