negro (adjective)

The adjective neger is an East Austrian , outdated synonym for broke or penniless .

Maria Hornung and Siegmar Grüner locate the origin as in the case of black driving "in the dark, hidden". Andrea Maria Dusl traces the word back to Neige (old Viennese nāg, the running out of a supply).

Associated with black immigrants in a disparaging way from a folk etymology perspective, the expression suggests have-nots and scroungers.

A negro person is also called a negro . 1984 reached Rainhard Fendrich Austropop - Single I am a Negerant Madam Austrian charts .

Individual evidence

↑ Herbert Fussy : In good Austrian style. A dictionary of everyday language. Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-209-04348-5 , p. 85
↑ Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner: Dictionary of the Viennese dialect . 2nd Edition. Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-209-03474-5 , p. 606 .
↑ Andrea Maria Dusl: Negerant, Nebbochant, Umbilical Drill, Neige. In: falter.at. June 15, 2010, accessed September 25, 2018 .
^ Rudolf Muhr: Language and Land. The social and cultural reality of Austria as reflected in its language. In: Werner Bauer and Herrmann Scheuringer: Persistence and Change. Festschrift for Herbert Tatzreiter on his 60th birthday. Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-7069-0088-2 , p. 153.

[1] Herbert Fussy : In good Austrian style. A dictionary of everyday language. Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-209-04348-5 , p. 85

[2] Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner: Dictionary of the Viennese dialect . 2nd Edition. Vienna 2002, ISBN 3-209-03474-5 , p. 606 .

[3] Andrea Maria Dusl: Negerant, Nebbochant, Umbilical Drill, Neige. In: falter.at. June 15, 2010, accessed September 25, 2018 .

[4] Rudolf Muhr: Language and Land. The social and cultural reality of Austria as reflected in its language. In: Werner Bauer and Herrmann Scheuringer: Persistence and Change. Festschrift for Herbert Tatzreiter on his 60th birthday. Vienna 1998, ISBN 3-7069-0088-2 , p. 153.