mager

• Rhymes: -aːˀər
• Rhymes: -aːər

From Old Danish maghær, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

mager

1. lean
2. thin, spare, skinny, scrawny
3. poor, meagre

From Latin magus.

mager c (singular definite mageren, plural indefinite magere)

1. mage

See the etymology of the main entry.

mager c

1. plural indefinite of mage

mager

1. present of mage

From Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. 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. infertile (said of soil); weak

• rijk
• vet

• magerheid, magerte
• magerman m
• magertjes
• graatmager
• vermageren
• Magere Hein m

• Afrikaans: maer
• → Sranan Tongo: mangri

• marge

From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros. Cognate with Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish mager, etc., and with English meagre through Indo-European.

mager

1. lean, without fat
2. meager, skinny

• Magersucht
• Magermilch
• Magerstufe
• abmagern

• mager in Duden online

From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

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.

From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱros.

• 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 *mh₂ḱros.

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mager

1. lean, without fat
2. meager, skinny

• magra
• avmagra
• magert