Is it der, die or das Indianer?

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Indianer

The correct article in German of Indianer is der. So it is der Indianer! (nominative case)

The word Indianer is masculine, therefore the correct article is der.

The names "Indians" and "Indian" can now be perceived as discriminatory in public language use for the diverse population groups of North and South America, however, there are no other overarching German-language self-designation. The names for concrete population groups (e.g. "Navajo", "Cherokee") or the wording "indigenous population groups of North and South America" can be used as alternatives.

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German declension of Indianer?

How does the declension of Indianer work in the nominative, accusative, dative and genitive cases? Here you can find all forms in the singular as well as in the plural:

1	Singular	Plural
Nominative	der Indianer	die Indianer
Genitive	des Indianers	der Indianer
Dative	dem Indianer	den Indianern
Akkusative	den Indianer	die Indianer

What is the meaning of Indianer in German?

Indianer is defined as:

[1] Native of America, male or indefinite sex

[1] Ureinwohner Amerikas, männlich oder unbestimmten Geschlechts

How to use Indianer in a sentence?

Example sentences in German using Indianer with translations in English.

[1] „Nicht, dass wir Amerikaner uns nach der Staatsgründung den überlebenden Indianern gegenüber besonders zuvorkommend verhalten hätten - doch unser Verbrechen war kein Genozid.“

[1] "Not that after the founding of the state we had behaved particularly courteously towards surviving Indians - but our crime was not a genocide"

[1] „Danach lud Waldrut den Indianer noch in ihre Wohnung auf einen Kaffee ein, und trotz großer Sprachschwierigkeiten verstanden sich die beiden bestens.“

[1] "After that, Waldrut still invited the Indian into her apartment on a coffee, and despite great language difficulties, the two got on well"

[1] „Bald nach dem Massaker stürmen Indianer auf die Grönländer zu, schwingen steinerne Tomahawks und schießen mit Pfeil und Bogen - steinzeitliche Waffen, die den eisernen Schwertern und Streitäxten der Wikinger aber kaum unterlegen sind.“

[1] "Soon after the massacre, Indians storm towards the Greenlanders, swing stone Tomahawks and shoot with an arrow and sheet - Stone Age weapons that are hardly inferior to the Iron Stirms and Stadtaxte of the Vikings"

[1] „Die Indianer fühlten sich dadurch um ihre Kriegsbeute betrogen.“

[1] "The Indians felt thereby cheated on their war loot"

[1] „Kolumbus war überzeugt, dass er an einer kleinen Insel vor der Küste Ostasiens angelangt war, und dass die Menschen, denen er am Strand begegnete, Inder waren (weshalb die Ureinwohner bis heute als »Indios« oder »Indianer« bezeichnet werden).“

[1] "Columbus was convinced that he had reached a small island off the coast of East Asia, and that the people he met on the beach were indoors (which is why the indigenous people are still called" Indios "or" Indians " ) . "