Ghanaer

[ˈɡaːnaɐ]

/[ˈɡaːnaɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Ghanaer” is uncommon German (frequency #79,232 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,232
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Staatsbürger von Ghana

Corpus desk

Index DE-ghanaer · Ghanaer · German

Ghanaer · rank #79,232 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,232
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH gewirtschaftet

Nearest frequency peer: gewirtschaftet (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ghanaer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ghanaer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Ghanaer
PropertyValue
HeadwordGhanaer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɡaːnaɐ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,232
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Ghanaer“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Ghanaerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „gewirtschaftet“ (#79,231), „Glaubensfragen“ (#79,233), „Glaubensgemeinschaften“ (#79,234). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Ghanaer“ bei #79,232. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Ghanaer is uncommon German at frequency #79,232 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡaːnaɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Staatsbürger von Ghana".

Ghanaer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Ghanaer, spelled G-H-A-N-A-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Staatsbürger von Ghana

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Ghanaer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Herr Lohse arbeitet auf der Farm eines Ghanaers.

Synonyms

Ghanese

This word in other languages

Ghanaian(English)ghanés(Español)Ghanéen(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Ghanaer"?
"Ghanaer" is spelled G-H-A-N-A-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡaːnaɐ].
What does "Ghanaer" mean?
As a noun, "Ghanaer" means: Staatsbürger von Ghana
How do you pronounce "Ghanaer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Ghanaer" is [ˈɡaːnaɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Ghanaer" come from?
"Ghanaer" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ghanaer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Glimmer#79,238gottlos#79,246gracias#79,250Grammys#79,252

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list