"Kanake" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈnaːkə/, /kaˈnakə/ (note: wog) Audio: De-Kanake.ogg
Etymology: From English kanaka (“Pacific Islander”), from Hawaiian kanaka (“person”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|en|kanaka||Pacific Islander}} English kanaka (“Pacific Islander”), {{der|de|haw|kanaka||person}} Hawaiian kanaka (“person”) Head templates: {{de-noun|m.weak|f=in}} Kanake m (weak, genitive Kanaken, plural Kanaken, feminine Kanakin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m.weak}} Forms: Kanaken [genitive], Kanaken [plural], Kanakin [feminine], weak [table-tags], Kanake [nominative, singular], Kanaken [definite, nominative, plural], Kanaken [genitive, singular], Kanaken [definite, genitive, plural], Kanaken [dative, singular], Kanaken [dative, definite, plural], Kanaken [accusative, singular], Kanaken [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (derogatory, ethnic slur) wog (person of Middle Eastern or North African appearance, particularly a Turk) Tags: derogatory, ethnic, masculine, slur, weak
    Sense id: en-Kanake-de-noun-ym7wAc6G Categories (other): German ethnic slurs, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 75 25
  2. Kanak or Canaque, a member of the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants of New Caledonia in the southwest Pacific. Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Kanake-de-noun-duBas5Sk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Kanacke (alt: wog), Kanak, Kanack (alt: wog) Derived forms: Kanakenland, Kanakistan, Azzlack, Kuffnucke, Mollucke, Spanake Related terms: Kümmeltürke

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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