Gelsenkirchener

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˌɡɛlzn̩ˈkɪʁçənɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Gel‧sen‧kir‧che‧ner

Noun

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Gelsenkirchener m (strong, genitive Gelsenkircheners, plural Gelsenkirchener, feminine Gelsenkirchenerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Gelsenkirchen

Declension

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Adjective

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Gelsenkirchener (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Gelsenkirchen

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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