kaffer

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See also: Käffer

English

Noun

kaffer (plural kaffers)

  1. Alternative form of kaffir.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kaffer, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

kaffer (plural kaffers)

  1. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

Synonyms

Danish

Noun

kaffer c

  1. indefinite plural of kaffe
  2. (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

Noun

kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)

  1. (originally derogatory) A non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim viewpoint.
  2. (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.
    Synonyms: neger, zwarte, (ethnic slur, offensive) nikker
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: kaffer
  • Sranan Tongo: kafri
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: kafri
  • → English: kaffir (or from another European language)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Yiddish .

Noun

kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)

  1. (derogatory) A stupid person, a numskull.
    Synonyms: steenezel, uilskuiken
Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

Synonyms

References

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German gaffer.

Noun

kaffer m

  1. camphor
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