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Amerikaner

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nouncolloquialmasculine
  1. Americanfrom America, the Americas, the American continent(s)
  2. US-Americanfrom the United States of America
  3. A round cakelike pastry of flour, butter, and lemon juice, with a sugar glaze, most often plain white, but sometimes chocolate or half-whit…

Forms

Declension

singularplural
nominativeAmerikanerAmerikaner
genitiveAmerikanersAmerikaner
dativeAmerikanerAmerikanern
accusativeAmerikanerAmerikaner

Used in the library

  • Amerikaner und Briten haben eine Idee: eine Luftbrücke.Americans and Britons have an idea: an airlift.A1Die Rosinenbomber — The Raisin Bombers
  • Die Amerikaner versprechen, weiterhin Briefe zu schreiben.The Americans promise to keep writing letters.A2Ferien an der Ostsee — Holidays on the Baltic (A2)
  • Lena denkt an Jake, den Amerikaner vom Sommer, und seinen Kuss am Hafen.Lena thinks of Jake, the American from the summer, and his kiss at the harbour.A2Skiurlaub in Tirol — Skiing in Tyrol (A2)
  • „Hey, Amerikaner!", ruft er. „Komm rein, wir essen gleich!""Hey, American!" he shouts. "Come in, we're about to eat!"A2Jake kommt an die Ostsee — Jake comes to the Baltic (A2)

Other ways to say it

  • AmiAmerican (native or inhabitant of the USA); Yank, Yankee
  • US-AmerikanerAmerican, U.S. American

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