Ratinger

German

Etymology

From Ratingen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁaːtɪŋɐ/
• Hyphenation: Ra‧tin‧ger

Noun

Ratinger m (strong, genitive Ratingers, plural Ratinger, feminine Ratingerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Ratingen

Declension

Declension of Ratinger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ratinger	die	Ratinger
genitive	eines	des	Ratingers	der	Ratinger
dative	einem	dem	Ratinger	den	Ratingern
accusative	einen	den	Ratinger	die	Ratinger

Hypernyms

• Rheinländer
  • Nordrhein-Westfale

Adjective

Ratinger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Ratingen

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.