mager

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

Danish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːˀər
  • Rhymes: -aːər

Etymology 1

From Old Danish maghær, from Old Norse magr (thin, meager), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

Adjective

mager

  1. lean
  2. thin, spare, skinny, scrawny
  3. poor, meagre
Inflection
Inflection of mager
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular mager 2
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

From Latin magus.

Noun

mager c (singular definite mageren, plural indefinite magere)

  1. mage
Inflection

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

mager c

  1. plural indefinite of mage

Verb

mager

  1. present of mage

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognate with German, Danish, and Swedish mager, etc., and with Latin macer, Italian magro and English meager through Indo-European.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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. infertile (said of soil); weak

Inflection

Inflection of mager
uninflected mager
inflected magere
comparative magerder
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial magermagerderhet magerst
het magerste
indefinite m./f. sing. mageremagerderemagerste
n. sing. magermagerdermagerste
plural mageremagerderemagerste
definite mageremagerderemagerste
partitive magersmagerders

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: maer
  • Sranan Tongo: mangri

Anagrams


German

Etymology

From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognate with Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish mager, etc., and with English meagre through Indo-European.

Adjective

mager

  1. lean, without fat
  2. meager, skinny

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse magr (thin, meager), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

Adjective

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

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

Etymology 2

Noun

mager m

  1. indefinite plural of mage

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse magr (thin, meager), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɡɛr/

Adjective

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

References


Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish magher, from Old Norse magr (thin, meager), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

mager

  1. lean, without fat
  2. meager, skinny

Declension

Inflection of mager
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular mager magrare magrast
Neuter singular magert magrare magrast
Plural magra 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.

See also

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