Ghanaer

German

Etymology

Ghana ‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnaː.ɐ/ (standard)
  • IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnaː/ (casual speech)
  • IPA^(key): /ɡaˈnaː.ɛɐ̯/ (enunciation)

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Ghanaer m (strong, genitive Ghanaers, plural Ghanaer, feminine Ghanaerin)

1. Ghanaian (person from Ghana or of Ghanaian descent; male or of unspecified gender)

Usage notes

• Due to the rather awkward pronunciation, speakers will often tend to avoid the word and replace it with constructions such as aus Ghana (“from Ghana”).

Declension

Declension of Ghanaer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ghanaer	die	Ghanaer
genitive	eines	des	Ghanaers	der	Ghanaer
dative	einem	dem	Ghanaer	den	Ghanaern
accusative	einen	den	Ghanaer	die	Ghanaer

Derived terms

• Ghanaerin

Related terms

• Ghana
• ghanaisch

Further reading

• “Ghanaer” in Duden online
• “Ghanaer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache