Schongauer

German

Etymology

From Schongau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃoːnɡaʊ̯ɐ]
• Hyphenation: Schon‧gau‧er

Noun

Schongauer m (strong, genitive Schongauers, plural Schongauer, feminine Schongauerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Schongau

Declension

Declension of Schongauer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schongauer	die	Schongauer
genitive	eines	des	Schongauers	der	Schongauer
dative	einem	dem	Schongauer	den	Schongauern
accusative	einen	den	Schongauer	die	Schongauer

Adjective

Schongauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Schongau

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.

Proper noun

Schongauer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Schongauers or (with an article) Schongauer, feminine genitive Schongauer, plural Schongauers or Schongauer)

1. a surname

Related terms

• Adenauer, Hanauer, Hauer, Lindauer, Steinauer