neekeri

Borrowed from Swedish neger, from Middle French negre. First attested as an unadapted borrowing in 1771; the form neekeri came into use in the late 19th century^[1] (although was probably used colloquially even before then).

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːkeri/, [ˈne̞ːk̟e̞ri]
• Rhymes: -eːkeri
• Syllabification^(key): nee‧ke‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): nee‧ke‧ri

neekeri

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) nigger (person with dark brown skin)
2. (dated, politically incorrect) negro (person of African descent)
3. (dated) journalist
4. (originally humorous, now politically incorrect) a person who performs hard or menial work

   Kukahan neekeri me saadaan tekemään se?

   Who's the negro you think we'll get to do it?

• Although originally non-pejorative, use of this term is now chiefly interpreted as offensive.

• musta (“black”)
• mustaihoinen, tummaihoinen (“dark-skinned”)
• nekru (offensive)

• “neekeri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023