Kölner

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Köln (“Cologne”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkœlnɐ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Köl‧ner

Noun[edit]

Kölner m (strong, genitive Kölners, plural Kölner, feminine Kölnerin)

  1. inhabitant or native of Cologne

Declension[edit]

Declension of Kölner [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Kölner die Kölner
genitive eines des Kölners der Kölner
dative einem dem Kölner den Kölnern
accusative einen den Kölner die Kölner

Hypernyms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Kölner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Cologne

Usage notes[edit]

  • Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.

Further reading[edit]

  • “Kölner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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