negeren

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

• IPA^(key): /nəˈɣeː.rə(n)/, /neːˈɣeː.rə(n)/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ne‧ge‧ren
• Rhymes: -eːrən

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

From neger +‎ -en.

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

negeren

1. (now potentially offensive, transitive) to belittle, to torment, to treat like a flunky [from 19th c.]

• regenen

negeren m

1. definite singular of neger

negeren m

1. definite singular of neger