Lichtensteiner

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

German

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Lichtenstein +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪçtənˌʃtaɪ̯nɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Lich‧ten‧stei‧ner

Noun

[edit]

Lichtensteiner m (strong, genitive Lichtensteiners, plural Lichtensteiner, feminine Lichtensteinerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Lichtenstein

Declension

[edit]

Hypernyms

[edit]

Adjective

[edit]

Lichtensteiner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Lichtenstein
    Synonym: lichtensteinisch

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.