With this post you will learn how to call in German the different countries and their citizen in Northern America.
Country | Adjective | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Kanada | kanadisch | der Kanadier | die Kanadierin |
2. | die USA* | us-amerikanisch | der US-Amerikaner | die US-Amerikanerin |
3. | Grönland** | grönländisch | der Grönländer | die Grönländerin |
4. | Mexiko | mexikanisch | der Mexikaner | die Mexikanerin |
5. | Kuba | kubanisch | der Kubaner | die Kubanerin |
6. | Haiti | haitianisch | der Haitianer | die Haitianerin |
7. | die Dominikanische Republik*** | dominikanisch | der Dominikaner | die Dominikanerin |
8. | Belize | belizisch | der Belizianer | die Belizianerin |
9. | Guatemala | guatemalisch | der Guatemale / Guatemalteka | die Guatemalin / Guatemalteka |
10. | El Salvador | salvadorianisch | der Salvadorianer | die Salvadorianerin |
11. | Honduras | honduranisch | der Honduraner | die Honduranerin |
12. | Nicaragua | nicarguanisch | der Nica / Nicaraguaner | die Nica / Nicaraguanerin |
13. | Costa Rica | costa-ricanisch | der Costa-Rikaner | die Costa-Rikanerin |
14. | Panama | panamaisch | der Panamenio | die Panamenia |
* also: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
** Politically no countries but part of Denmark
*** colloquial language: Dom Rep
I spared all the small island countries because most often we just copy the English or Spanish name and for the most of them there is no official word that describes the citizens of those countries.
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