Noun
der Amerikaner
Pronunciation: /ameʁiˈkaːnɐ/
American (from America, the Americas, the American continent(s))
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rank #1,542
plural Amerikaner
Meanings
Noun
- American (from America, the Americas, the American continent(s))
- US-American (from the United States of America)
- A round cakelike pastry of flour, butter, and lemon juice, with a sugar glaze, most often plain white, but sometimes chocolate or half-white/half-chocolate
Example sentence
Wie kann man einen Engländer von einem Amerikaner unterscheiden?
How can you tell an Englishman from an American?
Word forms
singular
der Amerikaner
plural
die Amerikaner
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Amerikaner
Accusativeden Amerikaner
Dativedem Amerikaner
Genitivedes Amerikaners
Plural
Nominativedie Amerikaner
Accusativedie Amerikaner
Dativeden Amerikanern
Genitiveder Amerikaner
Usage
- Amerikaner / Amerikanerin — The feminine person noun adds -in.
- amerikanisch — The related adjective is lowercase and means American.
Der Amerikaner neben mir liest die Speisekarte auf Deutsch.
The American man next to me is reading the menu in German.