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See also: Käffer
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaffer (plural kaffers)
- Alternative form of kaffir.
Anagrams
[edit]Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch kaffer, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaffer (plural kaffers)
Synonyms
[edit]Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaffer c
- indefinite plural of kaffe
- (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).
Noun
[edit]kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)
- (originally derogatory) a non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim viewpoint
- (offensive) a black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: kaffer
- Sranan Tongo: kafri
- → Caribbean Hindustani: kafri
- → English: kaffir (or from another European language)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Yiddish [Term?].
Noun
[edit]kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)
- (derogatory) a stupid person, a numskull
- Synonyms: steenezel, uilskuiken
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]References
[edit]- “kaffer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Vilamovian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German gaffer.
Noun
[edit]kaffer m
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