Berliner

English

Etymology

The first sense is either from German Berliner (“native or inhabitant of Berlin”) or formed in English from Berlin +‎ -er. The second sense is from German Berliner (“doughnut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɚˈlɪnɚ/
• IPA^(key): /bəˈlɪnə/

• Audio (UK):

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Noun

Berliner (plural Berliners)

1. A native or inhabitant of Berlin.
2. A doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling.
3. (journalism) A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.

   Synonym: midi

Synonyms

• (filled doughnut): bismarck, Burlington bun, jambuster, jelly doughnut

Translations

native or inhabitant of Berlin

• Belarusian: берлі́нец m (bjerlínjec), берлі́нка f (bjerlínka)
• Breton: Berlinad (br) m, Berliniz m pl, Berlinadez f, Berlinadezed f pl
• Catalan: berlinès (ca) m, berlinesa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柏林人 (Bólínrén)

• Czech: Berlíňan (cs) m
• Danish: berliner (da) c
• Dutch: Berlijner (nl) m, Berlijnse (nl) f, Berlijnerin (nl) f
• Esperanto: berlinano
• Finnish: berliiniläinen (fi)
• French: Berlinois (fr) m, Berlinoise (fr) f
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• Galician: berlinés (gl) m
• Georgian: ბერლინელი (berlineli)
• German: Berliner (de) m, Berlinerin (de) f
• Low German:

  German Low German: Berlina m

• Latin: scriblīta f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: berliner (no) m

  Nynorsk: berlinar m

• Portuguese: berlinense (pt) m or f, berlinês (pt) m
• Russian: берли́нец (ru) m (berlínec), берли́нка (ru) f (berlínka)
• Spanish: berlinés (es) m, berlinesa (es) f
• Turkish: Berlinli

doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling

• Bavarian: Krapfen
• Catalan: berlina (ca) f
• Danish: berliner (da) c, berlinerpfannkuchen c
• Dutch: berlinerbol (nl) m
• East Central German: Fannkuchen, Fannkuchn, Fannguchn
• Esperanto: benjeto
• Finnish: hillomunkki (fi)
• German: Berliner (de) m, Pfannkuchen (de) m, Berliner Pfannkuchen m

  Alemannic German: Chrapfe m

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• Low German:

  German Low German: Pannkoken m, Pannkauken (nds) m, Pannkook m

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: berlinerbolle m

  Nynorsk: berlinerbolle m

• Portuguese: bola de berlim f, bola de Berlim f (both Portugal), sonho (pt) m (Brazil)
• Russian: берлинер (berliner)
• Spanish: berlinesa (es) f
• Swedish: berlinermunk c, berliner c, munk (sv) c
• Ukrainian: берлінський пончик m (berlinsʹkyj pončyk)

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁˈliːnɐ/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

From Berlin +‎ -er.

Noun

Berliner m (strong, genitive Berliners, plural Berliner, feminine Berlinerin)

1. Berliner (male or of unspecified sex) (a native or inhabitant of Berlin)

Declension

Declension of Berliner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Berliner	die	Berliner
genitive	eines	des	Berliners	der	Berliner
dative	einem	dem	Berliner	den	Berlinern
accusative	einen	den	Berliner	die	Berliner

Derived terms

• berlinerisch
• Berlinerisch
• berlinern
• Berlinern
• berlinernd
• Ostberliner
• Wahlberliner
• Westberliner

 

Related terms

• berlinisch
• Berlinisch

Etymology 2

From Berlin +‎ -er.

Adjective

Berliner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Berlin

   Besucher finden die Berliner Museen sehr interessant.

   Visitors find Berlin’s museums very interesting.

Alternative forms

• berliner (adjective, dated)

Usage notes

• 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.

Derived terms

• Berliner Blau
• Ostberliner (e.g., die Ostberliner Bevölkerung)
• Westberliner

Etymology 3

Anderthalb Berliner

Ellipsis of Berliner Pfannkuchen and/or Berliner Ballen.

Noun

Berliner m (strong, genitive Berliners, plural Berliner)

1. Berliner (a pastry similar to a doughnut (donut), with a sweet filling)

   Synonyms: Berliner Ballen, Krapfen, Kräppel, Pfannkuchen, Berliner Pfannkuchen

Usage notes

• Berliner is overall the most common word, but there is much regional variation.

Declension

Declension of Berliner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Berliner	die	Berliner
genitive	eines	des	Berliners	der	Berliner
dative	einem	dem	Berliner	den	Berlinern
accusative	einen	den	Berliner	die	Berliner

Further reading

• “Berliner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Berliner (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
• “Berliner (Einwohner von Berlin)” in Duden online
• “Berliner (Pfannkuchen)” in Duden online

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Polish

Etymology

From German Berliner.

Proper noun

Berliner m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Berliner

	singular	plural
nominative	Berliner	Berlinerowie
genitive	Berlinera	Berlinerów
dative	Berlinerowi	Berlinerom
accusative	Berlinera	Berlinerów
instrumental	Berlinerem	Berlinerami
locative	Berlinerze	Berlinerach
vocative	Berlinerze	Berlinerowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Derived terms

• Berlinerowa
• Berlinerówna

 

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames