Phrase guide

North Korean

adj · name · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Of, from, or pertaining to North Korea, the North Korean people or the North Korean language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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2

name

Meaning 2

The version of Korean spoken in North Korea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A citizen or resident of North Korea.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

adjective

Meaning 4

of or relating to or characteristic of North Korea or its people or their culture

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a Korean from North Korea

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: Korean

History

Etymology

From North Korea + -an.

Across languages

Translations

93 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հյուսիսկորեական (hyusiskoreakan) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Asturian: norcoreanu — pertaining to North Korea
  • Belarusian: паўночнакарэ́йскі (pawnočnakaréjski) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Bulgarian: северокоре́йски (severokoréjski) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Bulgarian: севернокоре́йски (severnokoréjski) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Catalan: nord-coreà — pertaining to North Korea
  • Czech: severokorejský — pertaining to North Korea
  • Danish: nordkoreansk — pertaining to North Korea
  • Dutch: Noord-Koreaans — pertaining to North Korea
  • Esperanto: nordkorea — pertaining to North Korea
  • Finnish: pohjoiskorealainen — pertaining to North Korea
  • French: nord-coréen — pertaining to North Korea
  • Galician: norcoreano — pertaining to North Korea
  • German: nordkoreanisch — pertaining to North Korea
  • German: der Demokratischen Volksrepublik Korea — pertaining to North Korea
  • Greek: βορειοκορεατικός (voreiokoreatikós) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Hebrew: צְפוֹן־קוֹרֵיאָנִי (ts'fón-kore'áni) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Hindi: उत्तर कोरियाई (uttar koriyāī) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Hungarian: észak-koreai — pertaining to North Korea
  • Icelandic: norðurkóreskur — pertaining to North Korea
  • Italian: nordcoreano — pertaining to North Korea
  • Japanese: 北朝鮮の (Kita Chōsen no) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Korean: 북한의 (Bukhan-ui) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Korean: 북조선의 (Bukjoseon-ui) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Macedonian: севернокорејски (severnokorejski) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Macedonian: северокорејски (severokorejski) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nordkoreansk — pertaining to North Korea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nordkoreansk — pertaining to North Korea
  • Occitan: nòrd-corean — pertaining to North Korea
  • Polish: północnokoreański — pertaining to North Korea
  • Portuguese: norte-coreano — pertaining to North Korea
  • Romanian: nord-coreean — pertaining to North Korea
  • Russian: северокоре́йский (severokoréjskij) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Serbo-Croatian: северноко̀ре̄јскӣ — pertaining to North Korea
  • Serbo-Croatian: сјеверноко̀ре̄јскӣ — pertaining to North Korea
  • Serbo-Croatian: severnokòrējskī — pertaining to North Korea
  • Serbo-Croatian: sjevernokòrējskī — pertaining to North Korea
  • Slovak: severokórejský — pertaining to North Korea
  • Slovene: severnokorejski — pertaining to North Korea
  • Spanish: norcoreano — pertaining to North Korea
  • Swedish: nordkoreansk — pertaining to North Korea
  • Turkish: Kuzey Koreli — pertaining to North Korea
  • Ukrainian: північнокоре́йський (pivničnokoréjsʹkyj) — pertaining to North Korea
  • Armenian: հյուսիսկորեացի (hyusiskoreacʻi) — person from North Korea
  • Asturian: norcoreanu — person from North Korea
  • Asturian: norcoreana — person from North Korea
  • Catalan: nord-coreà — person from North Korea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 朝鮮人 /朝鲜人 (cháoxiǎnrén) — person from North Korea
  • Czech: Severokorejec — person from North Korea
  • Czech: Severokorejka — person from North Korea
  • Danish: nordkoreaner — person from North Korea
  • Dutch: Noord-Koreaan — person from North Korea
  • Dutch: Noord-Koreaanse — person from North Korea
  • Esperanto: nordkoreo — person from North Korea
  • Finnish: pohjoiskorealainen — person from North Korea
  • French: Nord-Coréen — person from North Korea
  • French: Nord-Coréenne — person from North Korea
  • Galician: norcoreano — person from North Korea
  • German: Nordkoreaner — person from North Korea
  • German: Nordkoreanerin — person from North Korea
  • Greek: Βορειοκορεάτης (Voreiokoreátis) — person from North Korea
  • Greek: Βορειοκορεάτισσα (Voreiokoreátissa) — person from North Korea
  • Hebrew: צְפוֹן־קוֹרֵיאָנִי (ts'fón-kore'áni) — person from North Korea
  • Hindi: उत्तर कोरियाई (uttar koriyāī) — person from North Korea
  • Hungarian: észak-koreai — person from North Korea
  • Icelandic: Norður-Kóreumaður — person from North Korea
  • Icelandic: Norður-Kóreubúi — person from North Korea
  • Italian: nordcoreano — person from North Korea
  • Italian: nordcoreana — person from North Korea
  • Japanese: 北朝鮮人 (Kitan Chōsen-jin) — person from North Korea
  • Korean: 북한 사람 (bukhan saram) — person from North Korea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: nordkoreaner — person from North Korea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nordkorean — person from North Korea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: nordkoreanar — person from North Korea
  • Occitan: nòrd-corean — person from North Korea
  • Polish: Koreańczyk — person from North Korea
  • Polish: Koreanka — person from North Korea
  • Portuguese: norte-coreano — person from North Korea
  • Portuguese: norte-coreana — person from North Korea
  • Romanian: nord-coreean — person from North Korea
  • Romanian: nord-coreeană — person from North Korea
  • Romanian: nord-coreeancă — person from North Korea
  • Russian: северокоре́ец (severokoréjec) — person from North Korea
  • Russian: северокорея́нка (severokorejánka) — person from North Korea
  • Slovak: Severokórejčan — person from North Korea
  • Slovak: Severokórejčanka — person from North Korea
  • Spanish: norcoreano — person from North Korea
  • Spanish: norcoreana — person from North Korea
  • Swedish: nordkorean — person from North Korea
  • Turkish: Kuzey Koreli — person from North Korea
  • Turkish: Kuzey Kore — person from North Korea
  • Ukrainian: північнокоре́єць (pivničnokoréjecʹ) — person from North Korea
  • Ukrainian: північнокоре́янка (pivničnokoréjanka) — person from North Korea