Rheinländer

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German

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Etymology

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From Rheinland +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʁaɪ̯nˌlɛndɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Rhein‧län‧der

Noun

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Rheinländer m (strong, genitive Rheinländers, plural Rheinländer, feminine Rheinländerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Rhineland

Declension

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Hyponyms

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Adjective

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Rheinländer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of the Rhineland
    Synonym: rheinländisch

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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