English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Aachener, equal to Aachen +‎ -er.

Noun

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Aachener (plural Aacheners)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Aachen, Germany.
    • 1972, Charles Whiting, Werewolf: The Story of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944–1945, London: Leo Cooper Ltd, →ISBN, page 24:
      Von Schwerin arrived in Aachen late on the night of the twelfth, his Army Volkswagen fighting its way through the panic-stricken Aacheners, fleeing from the city which was already burning from the first American shells.

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːxənɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Aa‧che‧ner

Noun

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Aachener m (strong, genitive Aacheners, plural Aachener, feminine Aachenerin)

  1. Aachener (a native or inhabitant of Aachen)

Declension

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Adjective

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Aachener (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Aachen

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.

Further reading

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  • Aachener” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Aachener” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Aachener” in Duden online
  • Aachener” in Duden online