South Korean

English

Etymology

From South Korea + -an.

Pronunciation

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Noun

South Korean (plural South Koreans)

1. A citizen or resident of South Korea.
   • 2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     By now South Koreans understand Pyongyang’s logic and know North Korea is highly unlikely to make good on its gothic threats.

Translations

person from or descended from South Korea

• Armenian: հարավկորեացի (haravkoreacʻi)
• Asturian: surcoreanu (ast) m, surcoreana (ast) f
• Catalan: sud-coreà (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 韓國人 / 韩国人 (zh) (Hánguórén)

• Corsican: sudcoreanu m, sudcureanu m, sudcoreana f, sudcureana f
• Czech: Jihokorejec (cs) m, Jihokorejka (cs) f
• Danish: sydkoreaner
• Dutch: Zuid-Koreaan (nl) m, Zuid-Koreaanse (nl) f
• Esperanto: sudkoreo
• Finnish: eteläkorealainen (fi)
• French: Sud-Coréen (fr) m, Sud-Coréenne (fr) f
• Galician: surcoreano (gl) m
• Georgian: სამხრეთ კორეელი (samxret ḳoreeli), სამხრეთკორეელი (samxretḳoreeli)
• German: Südkoreaner (de) m, Südkoreanerin (de) f
• Greek: Νοτιοκορεάτης m (Notiokoreátis), Νοτιοκορεάτισσα f (Notiokoreátissa)
• Hindi: दक्षिण कोरियाई m or f (dakṣiṇ koriyāī)
• Hungarian: dél-koreai (hu)
• Icelandic: Suður-Kóreumaður m, Suður-Kóreubúi m
• Italian: sudcoreano (it) m, sudcoreana (it) f
• Japanese: 韓国人 (ja) (かんこくじん, Kankokujin)
• Korean: 한국 사람 (han'guk saram), 한국인 (ko) (han'gugin), 우리나라 사람 (urinara saram)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sørkoreaner m

  Nynorsk: sørkorean (nn) m, sørkoreanar (nn) m

• Occitan: sud-corean m, sud-coreana f
• Polish: Koreańczyk (pl) m, Koreanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: sul-coreano (pt) m, sul-coreana f
• Romanian: sud-coreean m, sud-coreeană f, sud-coreeancă f
• Russian: южнокоре́ец (ru) m (južnokoréjec), южнокорея́нка f (južnokorejánka)
• Slovak: Juhokórejčan m, Juhokórejčanka f
• Spanish: surcoreano (es) m, surcoreana (es) f
• Swedish: sydkorean (sv) c
• Turkish: Güney Koreli, Güney Kore (tr)
• Ukrainian: південнокоре́єць m (pivdennokoréjecʹ), південнокоре́янка f (pivdennokoréjanka)

Adjective

South Korean (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to South Korea or the South Korean people.
   • 2016 April 28, Tom Voelk, “Video Review: Hyundai Elantra Offers Fewer Curves, but a Better Ride”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     The South Korean brand is after a more sophisticated and — ahem — mature look.

Translations

of South Korea

• Armenian: հարավկորեական (haravkoreakan)
• Asturian: surcoreanu (ast)
• Belarusian: паўднёвакарэ́йскі (pawdnjovakaréjski)
• Bulgarian: южнокоре́йски (južnokoréjski)
• Catalan: sud-coreà (ca)
• Czech: jihokorejský (cs)
• Danish: sydkoreansk
• Dutch: Zuid-Koreaans (nl)
• Esperanto: sudkorea
• Finnish: eteläkorealainen (fi)
• French: sud-coréen (fr)
• Galician: surcoreano (gl)
• German: südkoreanisch (de)
• Greek: νοτιοκορεατικός (el) (notiokoreatikós)
• Haitian Creole: sidkoreyen
• Hindi: दक्षिण कोरियाई (dakṣiṇ koriyāī)
• Hungarian: dél-koreai (hu)
• Icelandic: suðurkóreskur (is)
• Italian: sudcoreano (it)
• Japanese: 韓国の (かんこくの, Kankoku no)
• Korean: 한국의 (ko) (han'gugui), 남한의 (ko) (namhanui), 남조선의 (ko) (namjoseonui) (North Korea)
• Macedonian: јужнокорејски (južnokorejski)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sørkoreansk

  Nynorsk: sørkoreansk (nn)

• Occitan: sud-corean
• Polish: południowokoreański (pl)
• Portuguese: sul-coreano (pt)
• Romanian: sud-coreean
• Russian: южнокоре́йский (ru) (južnokoréjskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: јужноко̀ре̄јскӣ

  Latin: južnokòrējskī (sh)

• Slovak: juhokórejský
• Slovene: južnokorejski
• Spanish: surcoreano (es)
• Swedish: sydkoreansk (sv)
• Turkish: Güney Koreli
• Ukrainian: південнокоре́йський (uk) (pivdennokoréjsʹkyj)
• Welsh: De-Coreaidd