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mager

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

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Danish maghær, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Compare Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós)

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. lean (low in fat. Food etc.)
    Synonym: fedtfattig
  2. thin, spare, skinny, scrawny
    Synonyms: tynd, spinkel
    Antonyms: fed, kraftig
  3. poor, meagre
    Synonyms: ufrugtbar, fattig
Inflection
More information positive, comparative ...

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.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Via German Magier, from Latin magus and Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos), ultimately from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /⁠maguš⁠/). See also magi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmæˀjɐ], [ˈmæˀɐ], [ˈmæˀɡ̊ɐ]

Noun

mager c (singular definite mageren, plural indefinite magere)

  1. (rare) mage, wizard
Inflection
More information common gender, singular ...

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Noun

mager c

  1. indefinite plural of mage

References

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

Verb

mager

  1. present of mage
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Dutch

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaː.ɣər/
  • Audio:(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. low-fat
    Synonym: vetarm
  5. infertile (said of soil); weak

Declension

More information Declension of, uninflected ...

Antonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: maer
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: manggri
  • Negerhollands: mager
    • → Virgin Islands Creole: mager
  • → Saramaccan: mángru
  • → Sranan Tongo: mangri

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German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mager (strong nominative masculine singular magerer or (rare) magrer, not comparable)

  1. lean, without fat
  2. meager, skinny

Declension

Positive forms of mager (uncomparable)
More information number & gender, singular ...

1Rare.

Further reading

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Indonesian

Etymology

Blend of malas (“lazy”) +‎ gerak (“move”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaɡər/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gêr

Adjective

magêr (superlative termager)

  1. (slang) lazy
    Synonym: malas

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

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

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

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

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish magher, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mager (comparative magrare, superlative magrast)

  1. lean, without fat
  2. meager, skinny
  3. meager, infertile, barren
    • 1747–62, Olof von Dalin, Svea rikes historia:
      Det war den tidens smak: och ju magrare et land fans, ju snarare skickade det nya folksvärmar ifrån sig.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

mager

  1. a twig

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

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