Helgoländer

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Helgoland +‎ -er

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛlɡoˌlɛndɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Hel‧go‧län‧der
  • (file)

Noun[edit]

Helgoländer m (strong, genitive Helgoländers, plural Helgoländer, feminine Helgoländerin)

  1. a person from, or residing in, Heligoland

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

Helgoländer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Heligoland

Usage notes[edit]

  • 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.