Aborigine

See also: aborigine, aborígine, and ab origine

English

Etymology

Back-formation from Aborigines.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ə.ni/, /ˌæb.əˈɹɪd͡ʒ.ɪ.ni/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

Aborigine (plural Aborigines)

  1. (dated, now offensive) An Aboriginal person from Australia (descending from, or a member of, one of the indigenous people(s) before British colonisation), Aboriginal Australian.

Usage notes

This term is considered highly offensive to Aboriginal Australians.

Synonyms

  • Aboriginal
  • Aboriginal people
  • Aboriginal Australian (neutral term)

Hypernyms

Translations

Anagrams

German

Etymology

English Aborigine

Pronunciation

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Noun

Aborigine m (strong, genitive Aborigine or Aborigines, plural Aborigines, feminine Aborigine)

  1. an Aboriginal Australian (male or of unspecified gender)
    Synonyms: (historic term, now racist) Australneger; australischer Ureinwohner, Ureinwohner Australiens

Declension

Declension of Aborigine [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Aborigine die Aborigines
genitive eines des Aborigine, Aborigines der Aborigines
dative einem dem Aborigine den Aborigines
accusative einen den Aborigine die Aborigines

Hyponyms

  • Aboriginemann, Aborigine-Mann
  • Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau

Derived terms

  • Aborigine-Eltern
  • Aborigine-Englisch
  • Aborigine-Junge
  • Aborigine-Kunst
  • Aborigine-Künstler
  • Aborigine-Künstlerin (could also be: Aborigine-Künstler +‎ -in)
  • Aborigine-Kunstwerk
  • Aborigine-Leben
  • Aborigine-Literatur
  • Aborigine-Mädchen
  • Aboriginefamilie, Aborigine-Familie
  • Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau
  • Aboriginekind, Aborigine-Kind
  • Aboriginemann, Aborigine-Mann
  • Aboriginename
  • Aboriginevolk, Aborigine-Volk
  • Halbblut-Aborigine
  • Vollblut-Aborigine

Noun

Aborigine f (genitive Aborigine, plural Aborigines, masculine Aborigine)

  1. Aborigine, Aboriginal Australian (female)
    Synonyms: Aboriginefrau, Aborigine-Frau; (historic term, now racist) Australnegerin; australische Ureinwohnerin, Ureinwohnerin Australiens

Declension

Declension of Aborigine [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Aborigine die Aborigines
genitive einer der Aborigine der Aborigines
dative einer der Aborigine den Aborigines
accusative eine die Aborigine die Aborigines

Derived terms

  • Halbblut-Aborigine
  • Vollblut-Aborigine

Further reading

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