Amerikaner

From Dutch Amerikaan + -er.

• IPA^(key): /a.mɪə̯.riˈkɑː.nər/

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Amerikaner (plural Amerikaners)

1. American

• IPA^(key): /ameʁiˈkaːnɐ/

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From Amerika +‎ -er, with an additional n, or from Latin americānus +‎ -er.

Amerikaner m (strong, genitive Amerikaners, plural Amerikaner, feminine Amerikanerin)

1. American (from America, the Americas, the American continent(s))
2. (colloquial) US-American (from the United States of America)

(US-American):

• Ami
• Yankee, Yank
• US-Amerikaner

• Afroamerikaner, Angloamerikaner
• Nordamerikaner, Südamerikaner
• Brasilianer, Mexikaner

• Amerika, amerikanisch
• Hannoveraner, Indianer

Alteration of the former name Ammoniakaner, so named from the ammonium bicarbonate that may be used as leavening.

Amerikaner m (strong, genitive Amerikaners, plural Amerikaner)

1. 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.

• “Amerikaner” in Duden online
• “Amerikaner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache