negeren

Dutch

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin negō (I deny); the shift in meaning from deny to ignore dates to the second half of the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nəˈɣeː.rə(n)/, /neːˈɣeː.rə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: ne‧ge‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːrən

Verb

negeren

  1. (transitive) to ignore [from 19th c.]
    Hij negeert haar al een aantal dagen.
    He has been ignoring her for a number of days.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) to deny [16th–ca. 19th c.]
    Synonyms: loochenen, ontkennen
Inflection
Inflection of negeren (weak)
infinitive negeren
past singular negeerde
past participle genegeerd
infinitive negeren
gerund negeren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular negeernegeerde
2nd person sing. (jij) negeertnegeerde
2nd person sing. (u) negeertnegeerde
2nd person sing. (gij) negeertnegeerde
3rd person singular negeertnegeerde
plural negerennegeerden
subjunctive sing.1 negerenegeerde
subjunctive plur.1 negerennegeerden
imperative sing. negeer
imperative plur.1 negeert
participles negerendgenegeerd
1) Archaic.

Etymology 2

From neger + -en.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈneː.ɣə.rə(n)/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧ge‧ren
  • Rhymes: -eːɣərən

Verb

negeren

  1. (now potentially offensive, transitive) to belittle, to torment, to treat like a flunky [from 19th c.]
Inflection
Inflection of negeren (weak)
infinitive negeren
past singular negerde
past participle genegerd
infinitive negeren
gerund negeren n
present tense past tense
1st person singular negernegerde
2nd person sing. (jij) negertnegerde
2nd person sing. (u) negertnegerde
2nd person sing. (gij) negertnegerde
3rd person singular negertnegerde
plural negerennegerden
subjunctive sing.1 negerenegerde
subjunctive plur.1 negerennegerden
imperative sing. neger
imperative plur.1 negert
participles negerendgenegerd
1) Archaic.

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

negeren m

  1. definite singular of neger

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

negeren m

  1. definite singular of neger
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