USamerikanischen

US-amerikanisch is the standard German adjective used to indicate an association with the United States of America (USA). It is commonly employed in discussions of politics, culture, economy, and society, for example in phrases like US-amerikanische Politik, US-amerikanische Kultur, or US-amerikanische Geschichte. The term helps distinguish United States-specific aspects from more general references to the American continents.

The corresponding noun form for a person is US-Amerikaner, with the feminine US-Amerikanerin and the plural US-Amerikanerinnen und US-Amerikaner. In German, the prefix US is typically written in capital letters and is joined to amerikanisch or Amerikaner with a hyphen, yielding US-amerikanisch or US-Amerikaner. This hyphenation is common to reduce ambiguity between references to the United States and other meanings connected to America.

Usage notes: while amerikanisch can refer broadly to anything related to the Americas, US-amerikanisch is preferred when the context requires a clear reference to the United States. Some German-language style guides advise using US-amerikanisch in formal writing to avoid confusion with other American contexts. In everyday language, both terms may appear, but the hyphenated form is regarded as the more precise and conventional choice for US-specific topics.

See also: the term contrasts with amerikanisch in the continental sense; in English-language contexts, the equivalent is simply American or United States-related terms, depending on precision.