nigger – Swedish noun declension

Swedish noun forms of nigger

Noun: nigger
Hyphenation:
Gender: Common gender

Nominative

Sg. Indef.nigger
Sg. Def.niggern
Pl. Indef.niggrer
Pl. Def.niggrerna

Genitive

Sg. Indef.niggers
Sg. Def.niggerns
Pl. Indef.niggrers
Pl. Def.niggrernas

Sample Sentences

  • Min nyfikenhet blef nu väckt, och jag fortsatte mina frågor. "Hvad var det för en bok, Nero?" "Nigger kunna inte läsa, Massa Philo." (My curiosity was now aroused and I continued my questions. "What book was this, Nero?" "Nigger can't read, Massa Philo".) [1846 February 23, “Ytterligare ett fall av Upplefvande efter döden”, in Dagligt Allehanda, page 1:]
  • Värdinnorna äro små täcka, rödkindade flickor, som med rastlös ifver servera sina kunder. Men vi ha äfven en representant af det otäcka könet, en artig »nigger», hvilken drifver »affärer» i sitt stora 1:a klassens havannamagasin till höger om ingångsdörren. Han tyckes göra god kommers, ty i salen segla stora rökmoln omkring. (The hostesses are small, comely, rosy-cheeked girls, who serve their customers with tireless zeal. But we also have a representative of the less agreeable sex, a polite "nigger," who conducts "business" in his large first-class cigar shop to the right of the entrance door. He seems to be doing a brisk trade, as great clouds of smoke drift through the hall.) [1897 March 27, “En lyckad basar [A Successful Bazaar]”, in Eskilstuna-Kuriren, page 2:]
  • Ner vid flaggstången spelar Erik, Roy, Stefan och Lennart nigger. (Down by the flagpole Erik, Roy, Stefan, and Lennart are playing foursquare.) [1992, Jonas Gardell, chapter 86, in En komikers uppväxt, Stockholm: Norstedts, →ISBN, page 213:]

Etymology

From English nigger. First attested in 1846. Doublet of neger. See: English Nouns 'nigger'.

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