Amerikaner
German, noun/ameʁiˈkaːnɐ/
Amerikaner is spelled A-M-E-R-I-K-A-N-E-R (10 letters) and appears 36 times per million words in written German, the 2,298th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amerikaner is a German masculine noun meaning “American (from America, the Americas, the American continent(s))” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Bewohner des amerikanischen Doppelkontinents”.
What does Amerikaner mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineAmerican (from America, the Americas, the American continent(s))
- 2
colloquialmasculineUS-American (from the United States of America)
noun
- 1
masculineA 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.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Bewohner des amerikanischen Doppelkontinents 2. Bürger der USA (amtliche Kurzform) 3. ein rundes Gebäck aus Mehl, Butter, Zitronensaft mit Zuckerguss
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Amerikaner
- Amerikaners genitive
- Amerikanerin feminine
- Amerikanern dative definite plural
- Americaner obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Amerikaner?
- /ameʁiˈkaːnɐ/
- [ameʁiˈkaːnɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Amerikaner
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Amerikaner in German?
Amerikaner appears 36 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).