kaffer
See also: Käffer
Afrikaans
Etymology
Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkafər/
Noun
kaffer (plural kaffers)
- (originally) An infidel from the Muslim viewpoint
- (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.
Synonyms
- kaffir
Danish
Noun
kaffer c
- plural indefinite of kaffe
Dutch
Etymology
From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.fər/
Noun
kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)
- (originally) An infidel from the Muslim viewpoint
- (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.
- (offensive) A stupid person, numskull
Synonyms
- (black person): neger, zwarte, nikker
- (stupid person): (steen)ezel m, uilskuiken n
Derived terms
- kafferlelie
- uitkafferen
Descendants
- → English: kaffir (or from another European language)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaf.fer/, [ˈkɑf.fəɾ]
Noun
kaffer m (definite singular kafferen, indefinite plural kaffere, definite plural kafferne)
- An archaic name for an African Bantu; a member of any ethnic group that speaks a Bantu language
- (derogatory) Any black person
Synonyms
- (speaker of any Bantu language): bantu
- (derogatory name for black person): neger, nigger, svarting
References
- “kaffer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Vilamovian
Etymology
From Middle High German gaffer.
Noun
kaffer m
- camphor