german-american

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of German Americans

Questions about german-american

What does german-american mean?

german-american means "of or relating to or characteristic of German Americans".

How many syllables are in german-american?

german-american has 6 syllables and divides as ger-ma-n-a-me-ri-can under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is german-american a common word?

german-american is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.