Schlänger
See also: Schlanger
German edit
Etymology edit
Schlangen (“Schlangen”) + -er
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈʃlɛŋɐ/
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Noun edit
Schlänger m (strong, genitive Schlängers, plural Schlänger, feminine Schlängerin)
- a man from the municipality of Schlangen
Declension edit
Declension of Schlänger [masculine, strong]
Adjective edit
Schlänger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Schlangen
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.
Further reading edit
- “Schlänger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon