Kölner

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Köln (Cologne) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

  1. inhabitant or native of Cologne

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Adjective

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Kölner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Cologne

Usage notes

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  • 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

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  • Kölner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache