kaffer

Arabic كَافِر‎ (kāfir, “infidel”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafər/

kaffer (plural kaffers)

1. (originally) An infidel from the Muslim viewpoint
2. (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

• kaffir

kaffer c

1. plural indefinite of kaffe

From Arabic كَافِر‎ (kāfir, “infidel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.fər/

kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)

1. (originally) An infidel from the Muslim viewpoint
2. (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.
3. (offensive) A stupid person, numskull

• (black person): neger, zwarte, nikker
• (stupid person): (steen)ezel m, uilskuiken n

• kafferlelie
• uitkafferen

• → English: kaffir (or from another European language)

From Arabic كَافِر‎ (kāfir, “infidel”)

• IPA^(key): /kaf.fer/, [ˈkɑf.fəɾ]

kaffer m (definite singular kafferen, indefinite plural kaffere, definite plural kafferne)

1. An archaic name for an African Bantu; a member of any ethnic group that speaks a Bantu language
2. (derogatory) Any black person

• (speaker of any Bantu language): bantu
• (derogatory name for black person): neger, nigger, svarting

• “kaffer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle High German gaffer.

kaffer m

1. camphor