Westafrikaner
[ˈvɛstʔafʁiˌkaːnɐ]
The verdict
“Westafrikaner” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - jemand, der aus dem westlichen Teil Afrikas/einem westafrikanischen Land stammt
Corpus desk
Index DE-westafrikaner · Westafrikaner · German
Westafrikaner · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Westafrikaner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvɛstʔafʁiˌkaːnɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Westafrikaner“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Westafrikaner is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvɛstʔafʁiˌkaːnɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "jemand, der aus dem westlichen Teil Afrikas/einem westafrikanischen Land stammt".
Westafrikaner doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Westafrikaner, spelled W-E-S-T-A-F-R-I-K-A-N-E-R.
Definition
- 1jemand, der aus dem westlichen Teil Afrikas/einem westafrikanischen Land stammt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Westafrikaner appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Weil viele Westafrikaner Ebola als Fluch statt als Krankheit betrachten, kann sich das Virus ungehindert ausbreiten.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.