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Westberliner

German edit

Etymology edit

From Westberlin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

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Noun edit

Westberliner m (strong, genitive Westberliners, plural Westberliner, feminine Westberlinerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of West Berlin
    Antonym: Ostberliner

Declension edit

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

Adjective edit

Westberliner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) East Berlin

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

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