nikker

== English == === Noun === nikker (plural nikkers) (uncommon) Alternative form of nicker (“A sea devil.”). == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɪkər/ Hyphenation: nik‧ker Rhymes: -ɪkər === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from English nigger, from a Romance language, ultimately from Latin niger (“shining black”); but also influenced by etymology 2 as nixies were believed to be of a dark colour. Doublet of neger. ==== Noun ==== nikker m (plural nikkers, diminutive nikkertje n) (derogatory, ethnic slur, offensive) a nigger (offensive slur for a black person) [from 19th c.] Synonyms: blauwe, roetmop ===== Alternative forms ===== n-woord (rare, euphemistic) === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch nicker (“nix, nixie; demon”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis (“nix, water-sprite”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). ==== Noun ==== nikker m (plural nikkers, diminutive nikkertje n) (mythology, dated, now likely to be confused with the ethnic slur) a water spirit, especially one who lures (young) people to drown; a neck, nix, nixie [from 16th c.] 1924, Lodewijk Opdebeek, "Peters Kind" (part 6, "Muziek"), De Vlaamsche Gids, page 289. Synonyms: nix, watergeest (obsolete) a demon, a devil [16th–19th c.] Synonyms: demoon, droes, duivel == Maltese == === Etymology === Related to Arabic نَكِرَ (nakira, “to deny”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnɪk.kɛr/ Rhymes: -ɪkkɛr === Verb === nikker (imperfect jnikker, past participle mnikker, verbal noun tinkir) to slow (something or someone) ==== Conjugation ==== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Verb === nikker present of nikke