north korean
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A citizen or resident of North Korea.
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to North Korea, the North Korean people or the North Korean language.
name
The version of Korean spoken in North Korea.
Example Sentences
- "Average North Koreans had little time for the news except maybe those enjoying cushy jobs in Pyeongyang."
- "Throughout October the campaign in Korea made excellent progress. Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, was taken on October 19, and day after day MacArthur's forces were on the march."
- "In the 1960s the Chinese government decided to standardize the Korean-language education for Korean Chinese and adopted the Joseoneo dialect used in North Korea instead of Hangugeo used in South Korea. As a result, Joseonjok in South Korea speak North Korean–accented Korean, which is easily recognizable in South Korea."
- "When you came back you sat in the dark and when someone asked you to speak North Korean, or Chinese, you would do it in your head while saying, "I forgot all that over there.""
- "As the Orientals gradually worked into combat it became necessary to have a separate controller to speak North Korean and Chinese."
- "“He was clearly upset, but what was even more interesting was that he didn’t look North Korean, he looked American.” / American? That was definitely unusual. Most Americans didn’t speak North Korean, and those who were fluent in another language gravitated toward Spanish, French, Italian, and even Russian. / Not a dialect from North Korea. / “And you’re sure about that,” she said, trying to wrap her mind around the information. / “Yeah.” He shrugged. “Could be a coincidence.” / “You know it’s not.” Sun didn’t believe in them. Especially not an American who could speak North Korean."
Etymology
From North Korea + -an.