Berliner

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English

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Etymology

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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

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Noun

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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

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German

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Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɛʁˈliːnɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Ber‧li‧ner

Etymology 1

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From Berlin +‎ -er.

Noun

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

  1. Berliner (male or of unspecified sex) (a native or inhabitant of Berlin)
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Etymology 2

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From Berlin +‎ -er.

Adjective

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Berliner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Berlin
    Besucher finden die Berliner Museen sehr interessant.
    Visitors find Berlin’s museums very interesting.
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.
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Etymology 3

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Anderthalb Berliner

Ellipsis of Berliner Pfannkuchen and/or Berliner Ballen.

Noun

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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
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  • Berliner is overall the most common word, but there is much regional variation.[1]
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References

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  1. ^ “Berliner/Krapfen”, in Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache[1], 2011 June 15

Further reading

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Polish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Berliner.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bɛrˈli.nɛr/
  • Rhymes: -inɛr
  • Syllabification: Ber‧li‧ner

Proper noun

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Berliner m pers

  1. a male surname from German

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Proper noun

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Berliner f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname from German

Further reading

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  • Berliner”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022