Kamerun

See also: Kamõrun

English

Proper noun

Kamerun

1. (historical) An African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of the modern Republic of Cameroon.

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kameɾun/ [ka.me.ɾũn]
• Rhymes: -eɾun
• Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run

Proper noun

Kamerun inan

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Declension

Declension of Kamerun (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Kamerun
ergative	Kamerunek
dative	Kameruni
genitive	Kamerunen
comitative	Kamerunekin
causative	Kamerunengatik
benefactive	Kamerunentzat
instrumental	Kamerunez
inessive	Kamerunen
locative	Kamerungo
allative	Kamerunera
terminative	Kameruneraino
directive	Kamerunerantz
destinative	Kamerunerako
ablative	Kamerundik
partitive	Kamerunik
prolative	Kameruntzat

Derived terms

• kamerundar (“Cameroonian”)

 

Further reading

• “38.- Munduko estatuen izenak, herritarren izenak, hizkuntza ofizialak eta hiriburuak [Names of the states of the world, nationalities, official languages and capitals]”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Arauak, Euskaltzaindia, 2019

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkamɛrun]

Proper noun

Kamerun m inan (related adjective kamerunský, demonym Kamerunec)

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Declension

Declension of Kamerun (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Kamerun
genitive	Kamerunu
dative	Kamerunu
accusative	Kamerun
vocative	Kamerune
locative	Kamerunu
instrumental	Kamerunem

Further reading

• “Kamerun”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “Kamerun”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Kamerun”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Estonian

Proper noun

Kamerun

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Finnish

Etymology

From Portuguese Camarões.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑmerun/, [ˈkɑ̝me̞run]
• Rhymes: -ɑmerun
• Syllabification^(key): Ka‧me‧run

Proper noun

Kamerun

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Declension

Inflection of Kamerun (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Kamerun	—
genitive		Kamerunin	—
partitive		Kamerunia	—
illative		Kameruniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Kamerun	—
accusative	nom.	Kamerun	—
	gen.	Kamerunin
genitive		Kamerunin	—
partitive		Kamerunia	—
inessive		Kamerunissa	—
elative		Kamerunista	—
illative		Kameruniin	—
adessive		Kamerunilla	—
ablative		Kamerunilta	—
allative		Kamerunille	—
essive		Kamerunina	—
translative		Kameruniksi	—
abessive		Kamerunitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Kamerun (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kamerunini — accusative nom. Kamerunini — gen. Kamerunini genitive Kamerunini — partitive Kameruniani — inessive Kamerunissani — elative Kamerunistani — illative Kameruniini — adessive Kamerunillani — ablative Kameruniltani — allative Kamerunilleni — essive Kameruninani — translative Kamerunikseni — abessive Kamerunittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Kamerunisi — accusative nom. Kamerunisi — gen. Kamerunisi genitive Kamerunisi — partitive Kameruniasi — inessive Kamerunissasi — elative Kamerunistasi — illative Kameruniisi — adessive Kamerunillasi — ablative Kameruniltasi — allative Kamerunillesi — essive Kameruninasi — translative Kameruniksesi — abessive Kamerunittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kamerunimme — accusative nom. Kamerunimme — gen. Kamerunimme genitive Kamerunimme — partitive Kameruniamme — inessive Kamerunissamme — elative Kamerunistamme — illative Kameruniimme — adessive Kamerunillamme — ablative Kameruniltamme — allative Kamerunillemme — essive Kameruninamme — translative Kameruniksemme — abessive Kamerunittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Kameruninne — accusative nom. Kameruninne — gen. Kameruninne genitive Kameruninne — partitive Kamerunianne — inessive Kamerunissanne — elative Kamerunistanne — illative Kameruniinne — adessive Kamerunillanne — ablative Kameruniltanne — allative Kamerunillenne — essive Kameruninanne — translative Kameruniksenne — abessive Kamerunittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Kameruninsa — accusative nom. Kameruninsa — gen. Kameruninsa genitive Kameruninsa — partitive Kameruniaan Kameruniansa — inessive Kamerunissaan Kamerunissansa — elative Kamerunistaan Kamerunistansa — illative Kameruniinsa — adessive Kamerunillaan Kamerunillansa — ablative Kameruniltaan Kameruniltansa — allative Kamerunilleen Kamerunillensa — essive Kameruninaan Kameruninansa — translative Kamerunikseen Kameruniksensa — abessive Kamerunittaan Kamerunittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• kamerunilainen

 

compounds

• kameruninruostegueretsa
• kameruninsaukko

 

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kamerun n (proper noun, genitive Kameruns or (optionally with an article) Kamerun)

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Related terms

• Kameruner
• kamerunisch

Further reading

• “Kamerun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɒmɛrun]
• Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run
• Rhymes: -un

Proper noun

Kamerun

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Kamerun	—
accusative	Kamerunt	—
dative	Kamerunnak	—
instrumental	Kamerunnal	—
causal-final	Kamerunért	—
translative	Kamerunná	—
terminative	Kamerunig	—
essive-formal	Kamerunként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Kamerunban	—
superessive	Kamerunon	—
adessive	Kamerunnál	—
illative	Kamerunba	—
sublative	Kamerunra	—
allative	Kamerunhoz	—
elative	Kamerunból	—
delative	Kamerunról	—
ablative	Kameruntól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Kameruné	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Kamerunéi	—

Possessive forms of Kamerun
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Kamerunom	—
2nd person sing.	Kamerunod	—
3rd person sing.	Kamerunja	—
1st person plural	Kamerununk	—
2nd person plural	Kamerunotok	—
3rd person plural	Kamerunjuk	—

Derived terms

• kameruni

Norwegian Bokmål

Riksvåpen

Proper noun

Kamerun

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Related terms

• kameruner
• kamerunsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kamerun

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Related terms

• kamerunar
• kamerunsk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈmɛ.run/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrun
• Syllabification: Ka‧me‧run

Proper noun

Kamerun m inan

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Declension

Declension of Kamerun

	singular
nominative	Kamerun
genitive	Kamerunu
dative	Kamerunowi
accusative	Kamerun
instrumental	Kamerunem
locative	Kamerunie
vocative	Kamerunie

Derived terms

adjective

• kameruński

 

nouns

• Kamerunka
• Kameruńczyk

 

Further reading

• Kamerun in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kâmeruːn/
• Hyphenation: Ka‧me‧run

Proper noun

Kȁmerūn m (Cyrillic spelling Ка̏мерӯн)

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Declension

Declension of Kamerun

	singular
nominative	Kamerun
genitive	Kameruna
dative	Kamerunu
accusative	Kamerun
vocative	Kamerune
locative	Kamerunu
instrumental	Kamerunom

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /káːmɛrun/

Proper noun

Kȃmerun m inan

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nominative	Kámerun
genitive	Kámeruna
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Kámerun
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Kámeruna
dative (dajȃlnik)	Kámerunu
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Kámerun
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Kámerunu
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Kámerunom

Related terms

• Kámerunec / Kámerunka
• kámerunski

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Proper noun

Kamerun

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

See also

• (countries of Africa) nchi za Afrika; Algeria or Aljeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Kamerun or Cameroon or Kameruni, Jamhuri ya Afrika ya Kati, Chad or Chadi, Komori or Visiwa vya Ngazija, Cote d'Ivoire or Kodivaa, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo or Kongo-Kinshasa, Jibuti or Djibouti, Misri or Umisri, Guinea ya Ikweta or Ginekweta, Eritrea, Ethiopia or Uhabeshi or Habeshi, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea or Gine or Gini, Guinea Bisau or Guinea-Bisau or Ginebisau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagaska or Bukini, Malawi or Unyasa, Mali, Mauritania, Morisi, Mayotte, Moroko or Maroko, Msumbiji or Mozambik, Namibia, Niger or Nijeri, Nigeria or Nijeria or Naijeria, Jamhuri ya Kongo or Kongo-Brazzaville, Réunion, Rwanda or Ruanda, Mtakatifu Helena, Sao Tome na Principe, Senegal or Senegali, Shelisheli, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Afrika Kusini, Sudan Kusini, Sudan, Uswazi or Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Sahara ya Magharibi, Zambia, Zimbabwe ^{(Category: sw:Countries in Africa) [edit]}

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kamerun n (genitive Kameruns)

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Related terms

• kamerunare
• kamerunier
• kamerunsk
• kamerunska

Turkish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Kamerun

1. Cameroon (a country in Central Africa)

Declension

declension of Kamerun

	singular, uncountable (tekil, sayılamaz)
nominative (yalın)	Kamerun
accusative (belirtme)	Kamerun'u
dative (yönelme)	Kamerun'a
locative (bulunma)	Kamerun'da
ablative (çıkma)	Kamerun'dan
genitive (tamlayan)	Kamerun'un

    possessive of Kamerun

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Kamerun'um	Kamerunlarım / Kamerun'larım
senin (your)	Kamerun'un	Kamerunların / Kamerun'ların
onun (his/her/its)	Kamerun'u	Kamerunları / Kamerun'ları
bizim (our)	Kamerun'umuz	Kamerunlarımız / Kamerun'larımız
sizin (your)	Kamerun'unuz	Kamerunlarınız / Kamerun'larınız
onların (their)	Kamerun'u / Kamerunları / Kamerun'ları	Kamerunları / Kamerun'ları

See also

• (countries of Africa) Afrika ülkesi; Angola, Batı Sahra, Benin, Botsvana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cezayir, Cibuti, Çad, Ekvator Ginesi, Eritre, Esvatini, Etiyopiya, Fas, Fildişi Sahili, Gabon, Gambiya, Gana, Gine, Gine-Bissau, Güney Afrika, Güney Sudan, Kamerun, Kenya, Komorlar, Kongo Cumhuriyeti, Kongo Demokratik Cumhuriyeti, Lesotho, Liberya, Libya, Madagaskar, Malavi, Mali, Mauritius, Mısır, Moritanya, Mozambik, Namibya, Nijer, Nijeria, Orta Afrika Cumhuriyeti, Ruanda, São Tomé ve Príncipe, Senegal, Seyşeller, Sierra Leone, Somali, Sudan, Tanzanya, Togo, Tunus, Uganda, Yeşil Burun, Zambiya, Zimbabve ^{(Category: tr:Countries in Africa) [edit]}