mager

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈmæˀjɐ], [ˈmæˀɐ], [ˈmɑwˀɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aːˀər

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
Declension
Inflection of mager
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular mager magrere magrest2
indefinite neuter singular magert magrere magrest2
plural magre magrere magrest2
definite attributive1 magre magrere magreste

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
Declension
Declension of mager
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mager mageren magere magerne
genitive magers magerens mageres magernes

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmæːjɐ], [ˈmæːɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aːər

Noun

mager c

  1. indefinite plural of mage

References

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmæːjɐ], [ˈmæːɐ]
  • Rhymes: -aːər

Verb

mager

  1. present of mage

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

Declension 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

Descendants

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

Anagrams

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 via Latin and French).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmaːɡɐ/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: ma‧ger

Adjective

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

  1. lean, without fat (e.g. of meat or dairy)
    Synonym: fettarm
  2. meager, skinny, malnourished (of a person or animal, generally with a negative connotation)
  3. poor in nutrients or yield in general (e.g. of land)

Declension

Positive forms of mager (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist mager sie ist mager es ist mager sie sind mager
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative magerer
magrer1 		magere
magre1 		mageres
magres1 		magere
magre1
genitive mageren
magren1 		magerer
magrer1 		mageren
magren1 		magerer
magrer1
dative magerem
magrem1 		magerer
magrer1 		magerem
magrem1 		mageren
magren1
accusative mageren
magren1 		magere
magre1 		mageres
magres1 		magere
magre1
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der magere
der magre1 		die magere
die magre1 		das magere
das magre1 		die mageren
die magren1
genitive des mageren
des magren1 		der mageren
der magren1 		des mageren
des magren1 		der mageren
der magren1
dative dem mageren
dem magren1 		der mageren
der magren1 		dem mageren
dem magren1 		den mageren
den magren1
accusative den mageren
den magren1 		die magere
die magre1 		das magere
das magre1 		die mageren
die magren1
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein magerer
ein magrer1 		eine magere
eine magre1 		ein mageres
ein magres1 		(keine) mageren
(keine) magren1
genitive eines mageren
eines magren1 		einer mageren
einer magren1 		eines mageren
eines magren1 		(keiner) mageren
(keiner) magren1
dative einem mageren
einem magren1 		einer mageren
einer magren1 		einem mageren
einem magren1 		(keinen) mageren
(keinen) magren1
accusative einen mageren
einen magren1 		eine magere
eine magre1 		ein mageres
ein magres1 		(keine) mageren
(keine) magren1

1Rare.

Further reading

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑːɡɛr/

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

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

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

Inflection of mager
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular mager magrare magrast
neuter singular magert magrare magrast
plural magra magrare magrast
masculine plural2 magre magrare magrast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 magre magrare magraste
all magra magrare magraste

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.

See also

Anagrams

West Makian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈma.ɡer/

Noun

mager

  1. a twig

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[2], Pacific linguistics
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