Ghanees
Afrikaans
Etymology
Adjective
Ghanees (attributive Ghanese, not comparable)
- Ghanaian (of, from, or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people)
Noun
Ghanees (plural Ghanese, diminutive Ghanesie)
- Ghanaian (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent)
Dutch
Etymology
From Ghana + -ees (“-ese, -ian”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣaːˈneːs/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Gha‧nees
- Rhymes: -eːs
Adjective
Ghanees (not comparable)
- Ghanaian, of, from or pertaining to Ghana or the Ghanaian people
- Hypernyms: Sub-Saharaans, Afrikaans, West-Afrikaans
Declension
| Declension of Ghanees | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | Ghanees | |||
| inflected | Ghanese | |||
| comparative | Ghaneser | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | Ghanees | Ghaneser | het Ghaneest het Ghaneeste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | Ghanese | Ghanesere | Ghaneeste |
| n. sing. | Ghanees | Ghaneser | Ghaneeste | |
| plural | Ghanese | Ghanesere | Ghaneeste | |
| definite | Ghanese | Ghanesere | Ghaneeste | |
| partitive | Ghanees | Ghanesers | — | |
Noun
Ghanees m (plural Ghanezen, diminutive Ghaneesje n, feminine Ghanese)
- a Ghanaian, person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent
- Hypernyms: Sub-Saharaan, Afrikaan, West-Afrikaan