Aachener

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aachener, equal to Aachen +‎ -er.

Noun

Aachener (plural Aacheners)

1. A native or inhabitant of Aachen, Germany.
   • 1972, Charles Whiting, Werewolf: The Story of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944–1945, London: Leo Cooper Ltd, →ISBN, page 24:

     Von Schwerin arrived in Aachen late on the night of the twelfth, his Army Volkswagen fighting its way through the panic-stricken Aacheners, fleeing from the city which was already burning from the first American shells.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːxənɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Aa‧che‧ner

Noun

Aachener m (strong, genitive Aacheners, plural Aachener, feminine Aachenerin)

1. Aachener (a native or inhabitant of Aachen)

Declension

Declension of Aachener [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Aachener	die	Aachener
genitive	eines	des	Aacheners	der	Aachener
dative	einem	dem	Aachener	den	Aachenern
accusative	einen	den	Aachener	die	Aachener

Adjective

Aachener (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Aachen

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.

Further reading

• “Aachener” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Aachener” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Aachener” in Duden online
• “Aachener” in Duden online