The US. We'd usually use North/South/Central/Latin America for specifics, or if we wanted to imply something happens all over the Americas, then we'd refer to "the entire American continent" or continental America.
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The US.
I use both to refer to the USA, since the meaning can be inferred from the context, but use US more often.
We're all living in Amerika. Coca cola. Wonder-bra.
I read the question and my brain also immediately went to - "Oh, they just listened to Rammstein".
Thought it was a Kafka thing.
I would not use „Amerika“ if I would refer to the US. I usually mean the geographical combination of North and South America if I would use the term.
If I want to reference the US, I would use „die USA“, „die Vereinigten Staaten“ or in short just „die Staaten“.
die USA
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Depends on the context. If it is written/talked about in a geographic context, it will usually mean "the Americas". If it's in a political context, it will mean "the USA".
Keep on mind that reputable news outlets won't use "Amerika" when referring to the US however, they will use "Vereinigte Staaten" (United States). "Amerika" as a term for the US is very much a colloquial thing.
Depends on the context. If it is written/talked about in a geographic context, it will usually mean “the Americas”. If it’s in a political context, it will mean “the USA”.
That's a good point.
Stupid question is that how they would spell America in Germany "Amerika"?
The hard "c" sound as you see in America is always a 'k' auf deutsch.
That makes sense
Just wait until you see how Americans spell Deutschland...
Just wait till you hear how we pronounce "Chicago".
It's obviously pronounced Kicago, just like Chamäleon, Chemie and China :)
Kemie and Kina
I threw up a little...
But Chemie comes from Chemnitz (obviously) so it must be pronounced with K
Don't know where China comes from, maybe from Chinese which is obviously pronounced with K.
Eh, as a Bostonian I'm always much more impressed by how people's tongues try to leave orbit when they first encounter Worcester.
Ja
Something a person that definitely doesn't speak german would say. We spell it exactly like this.
...Yes, that’s why they’re asking.
Yep, that's how we spell it.
Most people use "Amerika" for "the USA". If one talks about "the Americas" we use "Südamerika" (south) and "Nordamerika" (north).
I believe everybody uses it wrong though. Technically "Amerika" is the continent. But most people mean "Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika" (The United States of America aka USA)
It's most commonly used to refer to the USA.