kaffer

kaffer (plural kaffers)

1. Alternative form of kaffir.

• Kaffre

From Dutch kaffer, from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkafər/

kaffer (plural kaffers)

1. (offensive, ethnic slur) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

• kaffir

kaffer c

1. indefinite plural of kaffe
2. (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.fər/
• Hyphenation: kaf‧fer
• Rhymes: -ɑfər

Borrowed from Portuguese cafre, from Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)

1. (originally derogatory) A non-believer or an infidel from the Muslim viewpoint.
2. (offensive) A black person, notably a (Southern African) Bantu.

   Synonyms: neger, zwarte, (ethnic slur, offensive) nikker

• Afrikaans: kaffer
• Sranan Tongo: kafri
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: kafri
• → English: kaffir (or from another European language)

Borrowed from Yiddish [Term?].

kaffer m (plural kaffers, diminutive kaffertje n)

1. (derogatory) A stupid person, a numskull.

   Synonyms: steenezel, uilskuiken

• kafferlelie
• uitkafferen

From Arabic كَافِر (kāfir, “infidel”).

• IPA^(key): /kaf.fer/, [ˈkɑf.fəɾ]

kaffer m (definite singular kafferen, indefinite plural kaffere, definite plural kafferne)

1. An archaic name for an African Bantu; a member of any ethnic group that speaks a Bantu language
2. (derogatory) Any black person

• (speaker of any Bantu language): bantu
• (derogatory name for black person): neger, nigger, svarting

• “kaffer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Middle High German gaffer.

kaffer m

1. camphor