Altenburger
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
Altenburger m (strong, genitive Altenburgers, plural Altenburger, feminine Altenburgerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Altenburg (male or of unspecified sex)
- a surname transferred from the place name
Declension edit
Declension of Altenburger [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2 edit
Adjective edit
Altenburger (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Altenburg
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.