Adenauer

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German

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Etymology

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From Adenau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaːdənaʊ̯ɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ade‧nau‧er

Noun

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Adenauer m (strong, genitive Adenauers, plural Adenauer, feminine Adenauerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Adenau

Declension

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Declension of Adenauer [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Adenauer die Adenauer
genitive eines des Adenauers der Adenauer
dative einem dem Adenauer den Adenauern
accusative einen den Adenauer die Adenauer

Adjective

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Adenauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) Adenau

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.

Proper noun

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

  1. a surname

Declension

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Declension of Adenauer [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Adenauer (eine) (die) Adenauer (die) Adenauers, Adenauer
genitive (eines) (des) Adenauers, Adenauer1 (einer) (der) Adenauer (der) Adenauers, Adenauer
dative (einem) (dem) Adenauer (einer) (der) Adenauer (den) Adenauers, Adenauer
accusative (einen) (den) Adenauer (eine) (die) Adenauer (die) Adenauers, Adenauer

1With an article.

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