How to say “american” in 35 different languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
- americano/ameɾiˈkano/ Spanish
- 미국인[miɡuɡin] Korean
- अमेरिकी/ə.meː.ɾɪ.kiː/ Hindi
- মার্কিন/maɾkin/ Bengali
- آمریکایی[ʔɒːm.ɹiː.kʰɒː.jíː] Persian
“american” in Spanish: americano · French: américain · German: amerikaner · Italian: americano · Portuguese: americano · Korean: 미국인 · Hindi: अमेरिकी
It is commonest in Slovenian, where ameriški is the 727th most used word.
American in other languages, A to Z
- Afrikaans amerikaanse/ɐˌmiəriˈkɑ̃nsə/ #983
- Arabic أمرك/ʔamraka/ to Americanize, to make American #1,290
- Bengali মার্কিন/maɾkin/ #1,498
- Bosnian američki/aměrit͡ʃkiː/ in the American manner #1,608
- Bulgarian американски[ɐmɛriˈkanski] #1,671
- Catalan americans[ə.mə.ɾiˈkans] #1,452
- Chinese 印第安人/in⁵¹⁻⁵³ ti⁵¹ ˀän⁵⁵ ɻən³⁵/ American Indian; Native American #1,712
- Croatian američki/aměrit͡ʃkiː/ in the American manner #1,639
- Danish amerikanske/ɑməʁiˈkaːˀnsɡə/ American; of or pertaining to the Americas #1,253
- Dutch amerikaanse/ˈaːmɪːˌrikaːnsə/ a female American #1,051
- Esperanto indianoj/ˌindiˈanoɪ/ Indian, Native American #2,343
- Estonian ameeriklane/ˈɑmeːriklɑne/ #1,774
- Finnish amerikan/ˈamerɪkan/ #2,304
- French américain/a.me.ʁi.kɛ̃/ of or pertaining to America; American #1,500
- Galician americanos/ameɾiˈkanos/ #897
- German amerikaner/ameʁiˈkaːnɐ/ #1,814
- Hebrew אמריקאי/ameʁiˈkai/ American: of, from, or pertaining to America #1,470
- Hindi अमेरिकी/ə.meː.ɾɪ.kiː/ #1,076
- Hungarian amerikai[ˈɒmɛrikɒji] #739
- Icelandic bandarískur[ˈpantaˌriskʏr] #1,892
- Indonesian mil/ˈmil/ English or American mile, a unit of distance… #890
- Italian americano/a.me.riˈka.no/ American, United Statesian, US-American,… #1,651
- Korean 미국인[miɡuɡin] #1,256
- Latvian amerikāņu/ˈamerikaːɲu/ an American man, a man born in the United… #1,151
- Lithuanian amerikietis[ɐmʲɛrʲɪ²ˈkʲiɛtʲɪs] #1,389
- Macedonian американски[amɛˈrikanski] #1,258
- Norwegian amerikanske/ɑmərɪˈkɑːnskə/ American; of or pertaining to the Americas #1,269
- Persian آمریکایی[ʔɒːm.ɹiː.kʰɒː.jíː] #1,540
- Portuguese americano/a.me.ɾiˈkɐ̃.nu/ #1,379
- Romanian american/aˌme.riˈkan/ an American man #1,154
- Serbian američki/aměrit͡ʃkiː/ in the American manner #1,701
- Slovak americký/amerit͡skiː/ #1,270
- Slovenian ameriški/amɛ́ːriʃki/ #727
- Spanish americano/ameɾiˈkano/ #2,096
- Swedish amerikanska/ˌamɛrɪˈkɑːnska/ American; of or pertaining to the Americas #1,406
The speaker reads the word in the voice the LangX app uses for that language — synthesised, not a recording of a native speaker, so treat it as a guide. A row without a button has no reading we are free to use, or none we trust, yet. Voices for Bengali (google (bn_BD), CC BY-SA 4.0), Catalan (upc_ona (ca_ES), CC BY-SA 4.0), Estonian (news (et_EE), CC BY 4.0) and Slovenian (artur (sl_SI), CC BY 4.0).
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.