mager

Meaning

1. lean, (nearly) without fat
2. meager, skinny, thin
3. poor, pitiful, skim
4. low-fat
5. infertile (said of soil); weak

Concepts

meager

lean

thin

meagre

skinny

skimpy

slender

poor

gaunt

sparse

scanty

spare

few

🤏

scarce

reeded

in short supply

lank

peaky

pitiful

scraggy

scrawny

sickly

slim

weedy

wretched

Synonyms

schraal

dun

schriel

sprietig

spichtig

karig

luchtig

schaars

armzalig

schamel

tenger

smal

uitgemergeld

slank

uitgehongerd

ziekelijk

pover

arm

Hyphenated as

ma‧ger

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaː.ɣər/

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.