From Old Danish maghær, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
mager
Inflection of mager | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | mager | — | —2 |
Indefinite 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. |
mager c (singular definite mageren, plural indefinite magere)
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
mager c
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
mager
From Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with German, Danish, and Swedish mager, etc., and with Latin macer, Italian magro and English meager through Indo-European.
mager (comparative magerder, superlative magerst)
Declension of mager | ||||
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uninflected | mager | |||
inflected | magere | |||
comparative | magerder | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | mager | magerder | het magerst het magerste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | magere | magerdere | magerste |
n. sing. | mager | magerder | magerste | |
plural | magere | magerdere | magerste | |
definite | magere | magerdere | magerste | |
partitive | magers | magerders | — |
From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with Dutch mager, Danish mager, Norwegian Bokmål mager, Norwegian Nynorsk mager, Swedish mager, etc., and with English meagre through Indo-European.
mager (strong nominative masculine singular magerer or (rare) magrer, not comparable)
1Rare.
Blend of malas (“lazy”) + gerak (“move”)
magêr (superlative termager)
From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
mager (neuter singular magert, definite singular and plural magre)
mager m
From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
mager (neuter singular magert, definite singular and plural magre)
From Old Swedish magher, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.
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mager (comparative magrare, superlative magrast)
Inflection of mager | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | mager | magrare | magrast |
Neuter singular | magert | magrare | magrast |
Plural | magra | magrare | magrast |
Masculine plural3 | magre | 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. 3) Dated or archaic |
mager