Kanake

See also: kanake

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English kanaka (“Pacific islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”).

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Noun

Kanake m (genitive Kanaken, plural Kanaken)

  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) wog (person of Middle Eastern or North African looks, particularly a Turk)
  2. Kanak or Canaque, a member of the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific.

Declension
Declension of Kanake
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kanake die Kanaken
genitive eines des Kanaken der Kanaken
dative einem dem Kanaken den Kanaken
accusative einen den Kanaken die Kanaken

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