# mager
## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Danish maghær, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Compare Ancient Greek μακρός (makrós)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmæˀjɐ], [ˈmæˀɐ], [ˈmɑwˀɐ]
* Rhymes: -aːˀər

#### Adjective

mager
* lean (low in fat. Food etc.)
    Synonym: fedtfattig
* thin, spare, skinny, scrawny
    Synonyms: tynd, spinkel
    Antonyms: fed, kraftig
* poor, meagre
    Synonyms: ufrugtbar, fattig

##### Inflection

$^1$ When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. $^2$ The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

### Derived terms

* magerhed
* radmager

### Etymology 2

Via German Magier, from Latin magus and Ancient Greek μάγος (mágos), ultimately from Old Persian 𐎶𐎦𐏁 (m-gu-š /⁠maguš⁠/). See also magi

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmæˀjɐ], [ˈmæˀɐ], [ˈmæˀɡ̊ɐ]

#### Noun

mager c (singular definite mageren, plural indefinite magere)
* (rare) mage, wizard

##### Inflection
### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmæːjɐ], [ˈmæːɐ]
* Rhymes: -aːər

#### Noun

mager c
* indefinite plural of mage

### Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈmæːjɐ], [ˈmæːɐ]
* Rhymes: -aːər

#### Verb

mager
* present of mage

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch mager, from Old Dutch *magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with German, Danish, and Swedish mager, etc., and with Latin macer, Italian magro and English meager through Indo-European.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaː.ɣər/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧ger
* Rhymes: -aːɣər

### Adjective

mager (comparative magerder, superlative magerst)
* lean, (nearly) without fat
* meager, skinny, thin
* poor, pitiful, skim
    Zo'n mager loon betekent magere melk en mager vertier!Such meager wages mean skimmed milk and poor entertainment!
* low-fat
    Synonym: vetarm
* infertile (said of soil); weak

#### Antonyms

* rijk
* vet

#### Derived terms

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

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: maer
* Berbice Creole Dutch: manggri
* Negerhollands: mager
** → Virgin Islands Creole: mager
* → Saramaccan: mángru
* → Sranan Tongo: mangri

### Anagrams

* marge

## German
### Etymology

From Old High German magar, from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Cognate with Dutch mager, Danish mager, Norwegian Bokmål mager, Norwegian Nynorsk mager, Swedish mager, etc., and with English meagre through Indo-European.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaːɡɐ/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ma‧ger

### Adjective

mager (strong nominative masculine singular magerer or (rare) magrer, not comparable)
* lean, without fat
* meager, skinny

#### Declension

$^1$Rare.

#### Related terms

* Magersucht
* Magermilch
* Magerstufe
* abmagern

### Further reading

* “mager” in Duden online
* “mager” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* Friedrich Kluge (1883) “mager”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

## Indonesian
### Etymology

Blend of malas (“lazy”) +‎ gerak (“move”)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmaɡər/
* Hyphenation: ma‧gêr

### Adjective

magêr (superlative termager)
* (slang) lazy
    Synonym: malas

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

#### Adjective

mager (neuter singular magert, definite singular and plural magre)
* meager (US) or meagre (UK), lean
    magert kjøtt - lean meat

##### Derived terms

* utmagret

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

mager m
* indefinite plural of mage

### References

* “mager” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmɑːɡɛr/

### Adjective

mager (neuter singular magert, definite singular and plural magre)
* thin, emaciated, scrawny (having little fat on one's body)
* meagre (UK) or meager (US)

#### Derived terms

* magrast

### References

* “mager” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Swedish magher, from Old Norse magr (“thin, meager”), from Proto-Germanic *magraz, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

mager (comparative magrare, superlative magrast)
* lean, without fat
* meager, skinny
* meager, infertile, barren
** 1747–62, Olof von Dalin, Svea rikes historia :Det war den tidens smak: och ju magrare et land fans, ju snarare skickade det nya folksvärmar ifrån sig.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

#### See also

* magra
* avmagra
* magert

### Anagrams

* magre

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈma.ɡer/

### Noun

mager
* a twig

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics