New Yorker

English

Etymology

From New York + -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)kə(ɹ)

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

New Yorker (plural New Yorkers)

2. A native or resident of the state of New York in the United States of America.
4. A native or resident of New York City.
   • 1946, George Johnston, Skyscrapers in the Mist, page 52:

     This does not take into account the tens of thousands of New Yorkers who are harmlessly and charmingly insane in a peculiarly Manhattanite manner.

   • 2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times‎^[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 November 2025:

     To every New Yorker in Kensington and Midwood and Hunts Point, know this: This city is your city, and this democracy is yours too. […] Hope is a decision that tens of thousands of New Yorkers made day after day, volunteer shift after volunteer shift, despite attack ad after attack ad.

5. A New York-style pizza, a type of large pizza originally eaten in New York City.
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   • 1979 February 10, “Xanadu Books (advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 6, number 28, page 15:

     The Official Guide to DISCO DANCE STEPS. By Jack Villari & Kathleen Sims Villari. Timely dance instruction guide of specific steps & routine for the latest dances (the Hustles, New Yorker, Grapevine, Swing, Bus Stop & others) detailed in words, photographs, & easy-to-follow diagrams, together with the stories of the discos & musicians that made the dances famous.

Synonyms

• Gothamite, New Yorkian

Hypernyms

• American

Hyponyms

• Nuyorican

Derived terms

• New Yorkeress

Translations

a native or resident of New York City

• Armenian: նյույորքցի (nyuyorkʻcʻi)
• Bulgarian: нюйоркча́нин m (njujorkčánin), нюйоркча́нка f (njujorkčánka)
• Catalan: novaiorquès (ca) m, novaiorquesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紐約人 / 纽约人 (zh) (Niǔyuērén)

• Czech: Newyorčan (cs) m, Newyorčanka (cs) f
• Dutch: New Yorker (nl) m, New Yorkse (nl) f
• Esperanto: nov-jorkano, novjorkano
• Estonian: njuujorklane (et)
• Finnish: newyorkilainen
• French: New-Yorkais (fr) m, New-Yorkaise (fr) f
• Galician: neoiorquino (gl) m, neoiorquina f
• Georgian: ნიუ-იორკელი (niu-iorḳeli), ნიუ იორკელი (niu iorḳeli)
• German: New Yorker (de) m, New Yorkerin f, Neuyorker m (obsolete)
• Greek: Νεοϋορκέζος (el) m (Neoÿorkézos), Νεοϋορκέζα (el) f (Neoÿorkéza)
• Italian: newyorkese (it) m or f, newyorchese m or f, (dated) nuovaiorchese m or f
• Japanese: ニューヨーカー (Nyū Yōkā), ニューヨーク人 (Nyū Yōku-jin)
• Macedonian: њујорчанец m (njujorčanec), њујорчанка f (njujorčanka)
• Polish: nowojorczyk (pl) m, nowojorczanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: nova-iorquino (pt) m, nova-iorquina f
• Russian: нью-йо́ркец (ru) m (nʹju-jórkec), жи́тель Нью-Йо́рка m (žítelʹ Nʹju-Jórka), жи́тельница Нью-Йо́рка f (žítelʹnica Nʹju-Jórka)
• Spanish: neoyorkino (es) m, neoyorquino (es) m, neoyorkina (es) f, neoyorquina (es) f
• Swedish: New York-bo c
• Turkish: newyorklu
• Ukrainian: ньюйо́рківець m (nʹjujórkivecʹ), ньюйорківчи́ня f (nʹjujorkivčýnja)

a native or resident of the state of New York

• Armenian: նյույորքցի (nyuyorkʻcʻi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紐約人 / 纽约人 (zh) (Niǔyuērén)

• Dutch: New Yorker (nl) m, New Yorkse (nl) f
• Esperanto: Nov-Jorkiano, Novjorkiano
• Finnish: newyorkilainen
• German: New Yorker (de) m, New Yorkerin f
• Japanese: ニューヨーカー (Nyū Yōkā), ニューヨーク人 (Nyū Yōku-jin)
• Macedonian: њујорчанец m (njujorčanec), њујорчанка f (njujorčanka)
• Polish: Nowojorczyk (pl) m, Nowojorczanka (pl) f
• Portuguese: nova-iorquino (pt) m, nova-iorquina f
• Russian: нью-йо́ркец (ru) m (nʹju-jórkec), жи́тель шта́та Нью-Йо́рк m (žítelʹ štáta Nʹju-Jórk), жи́тельница шта́та Нью-Йо́рк f (žítelʹnica štáta Nʹju-Jórk)
• Swedish: new yorkare c, new yorkbo c
• Turkish: New Yorklu
• Ukrainian: ньюйо́рківець m (nʹjujórkivecʹ), ньюйорківчи́ня f (nʹjujorkivčýnja)

German

Etymology

New York +‎ -er or English New Yorker

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /njuːˈjɔːkɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

New Yorker m (strong, genitive New Yorkers, plural New Yorker, feminine New Yorkerin)

1. New Yorker (native or inhabitant of New York state or city)

   Synonym: (obsolete) Neuyorker

Declension

Declension of New Yorker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	New Yorker	die	New Yorker
genitive	eines	des	New Yorkers	der	New Yorker
dative	einem	dem	New Yorker	den	New Yorkern
accusative	einen	den	New Yorker	die	New Yorker

Hypernyms

• US-Amerikaner

Related terms

• New York