Vietnamese

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See also: Viëtnamese

English

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Etymology

From Vietnam +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌviː.ət.nəˈmiːz/, /viˌɛt.nəˈmiːz/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːz

Adjective

Vietnamese (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Vietnam.
    • 2019, Ocean Vuong, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, Jonathan Cape, page 228:
      As I rubbed my face, a middle-aged man gripped my neck, the way Vietnamese fathers or uncles often do when trying to pour their strength into you.

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Noun

Vietnamese (countable and uncountable, plural Vietnamese)

  1. (countable, chiefly in the plural) A person/people from Vietnam or of Vietnamese descent.
    • 2023, Cecile Pin, Wandering Souls, 4th Estate, page 36:
      They were buried in a gravesite near Kai Tak, alongside other Vietnamese who hadn’t made it safely to shore.
  2. (uncountable) Vietnamese cuisine; traditional Vietnamese food.

Usage notes

As with other terms for people formed with -ese, the countable singular noun in reference to a person (as in "I am a Vietnamese", "writing about Vietnamese cuisine as a Vietnamese") is uncommon and often taken as incorrect. In its place, the adjective is used, by itself (as in "I am Vietnamese") or with a word like person, man, or woman ("writing about Vietnamese cuisine as a Vietnamese person").

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Proper noun

Vietnamese

  1. The Austroasiatic language spoken predominantly in Vietnam.
    Synonyms: Annamese, Annamite

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Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Vietnamees +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Viet‧na‧me‧se
  • Rhymes: -eːsə

Noun

Vietnamese f (plural Vietnamesen, masculine Vietnamees)

  1. woman from Vietnam

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Adjective

Vietnamese

  1. inflection of Vietnamees:
    1. masculine/feminine singular attributive
    2. definite neuter singular attributive
    3. plural attributive

Anagrams

German

Etymology

Vietnam +‎ -ese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌvi̯ɛtnaˈmeːzə/, , ,
  • IPA(key): /ˌviːrtnaˈmeːzə/, (colloquial variant)

Noun

Vietnamese m (weak, genitive Vietnamesen, plural Vietnamesen)

  1. a Vietnamese person (male or unspecified sex)
  2. (informal) a Vietnamese restaurant

Declension

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

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Vietnamese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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