abekat

Danish

Etymology

abe (“a monkey, an ape”) +‎ kat (“cat”)

Possibly connected to a Continental Germanic word akin to German Meerkatze, Dutch meerkat.

Noun

abekat c (singular definite abekatten, plural indefinite abekatte)

(childish) A monkey (animal)
(informal) A mischievous and uncivilized person, behaving like a monkey.
(offensive, archaic) A dark-skinned person, especially a person of, or primarily of, Negro descent.

Synonyms

(animal): abe, primat
(uncivilized person): bavian, svin
(dark-skinned, derogatory): nigger
(dark-skinned, now offensive): neger
(dark-skinned, neutral): sort, farvet, afrikaner

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