mager

From Old Danish maghær, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Compare Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós)

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

mager

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

• magerhed
• radmager

Via German Magier, from Latin magus and Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos), ultimately from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /⁠maguš⁠/). See also magi

• IPA^(key): [ˈmæˀjɐ], [ˈmæˀɐ], [ˈmæˀɡ̊ɐ]

mager c (singular definite mageren, plural indefinite magere)

1. (rare) mage, wizard

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

mager c

1. indefinite plural of mage

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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

mager

1. present of mage

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaː.ɣər/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ger
• Rhymes: -aːɣər

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

• rijk
• vet

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

• marge

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaːɡɐ/

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• Hyphenation: ma‧ger

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

1. lean, without fat
2. meager, skinny

• Magersucht
• Magermilch
• Magerstufe
• abmagern

• “mager” in Duden online
• “mager” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “mager”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Blend of malas (“lazy”) +‎ gerak (“move”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaɡər/
• Hyphenation: ma‧gêr

magêr (superlative termager)

1. (slang) lazy

   Synonym: malas

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

mager (neuter singular magert, definite singular and plural magre)

1. meager (US) or meagre (UK), lean

   magert kjøtt - lean meat

• utmagret

mager m

1. indefinite plural of mage

• “mager” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

• møgør (Numedal)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑːɡɛr/

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)

• magrast

• “mager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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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.

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• magra
• avmagra
• magert

• magre

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.ɡer/

mager

1. a twig

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics