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mager
mager
Danish
Adjective
mager
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
Noun
mager c (singular definite mageren, plural indefinite magere)
Inflection
Etymology 3
Non-lemma forms.
Noun
mager c
- plural indefinite of mage
Verb
mager
- present tense of mage
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology
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.
Adjective
mager (comparative magerder, superlative magerst)
- lean, (nearly) without fat
- meager, skinny, thin
- poor, pitiful, skim
- Zo'n mager loon betekent magere melk en mager vertier!
- Such meager wages mean skinned milk and poor entertainment!
- Zo'n mager loon betekent magere melk en mager vertier!
- infertile (said of soil); weak
Inflection
| Inflection of mager | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- magerheid, magerte
- magerman m
- magertjes
- graatmager
- vermageren
- Magere Hein m
- Afrikaans: maer
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognate with Dutch, Danish, and Swedish mager, etc., and with English meager through Indo-European.
Adjective
mager
Related terms
- Magersucht
- Magermilch
- Magerstufe
- abmagern
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)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
mager m
- indefinite plural of mage
References
- “mager” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
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)
Swedish
Pronunciation
Etymology
From Old Swedish magher, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.
Adjective
mager
Declension
| Inflection of mager | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite/attributive | 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 an attributive role. | |||