How to say “american” in 35 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.
It is commonest in Slovenian, where ameriški is the 727th most used word.
- Afrikaans amerikaanse #983
- Arabic أمرك to Americanize, to make American #1,290
- Bengali মার্কিন #1,498
- Bosnian američki in the American manner #1,608
- Bulgarian американски #1,671
- Catalan americans #1,452
- Chinese 印第安人 American Indian; Native American #1,712
- Croatian američki in the American manner #1,639
- Danish amerikanske American; of or pertaining to the Americas #1,253
- Dutch amerikaanse a female American #1,051
- Esperanto indianoj Indian, Native American #2,343
- Estonian ameeriklane #1,774
- Finnish amerikan #2,304
- French américain of or pertaining to America; American #1,500
- Galician americanos #897
- German amerikaner #1,814
- Hebrew אמריקאי American: of, from, or pertaining to America #1,470
- Hindi अमेरिकी #1,076
- Hungarian amerikai #739
- Icelandic bandarískur #1,892
- Indonesian mil English or American mile, a unit of distance… #890
- Italian americano American, United Statesian, US-American,… #1,651
- Korean 미국인 #1,256
- Latvian amerikāņu an American man, a man born in the United… #1,151
- Lithuanian amerikietis #1,389
- Macedonian американски #1,258
- Norwegian amerikanske American; of or pertaining to the Americas #1,269
- Persian آمریکایی #1,540
- Portuguese americano #1,379
- Romanian american an American man #1,154
- Serbian američki in the American manner #1,701
- Slovak americký #1,270
- Slovenian ameriški #727
- Spanish americano #2,096
- Swedish amerikanska American; of or pertaining to the Americas #1,406
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.