Bielefelder

German

Etymology

From Bielefeld (“Bielefeld”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːləˌfɛldɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Bie‧le‧fel‧der

Noun

Bielefelder m (strong, genitive Bielefelders, plural Bielefelder, feminine Bielefelderin)

1. someone from the city of Bielefeld

Declension

Declension of Bielefelder [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bielefelder	die	Bielefelder
genitive	eines	des	Bielefelders	der	Bielefelder
dative	einem	dem	Bielefelder	den	Bielefeldern
accusative	einen	den	Bielefelder	die	Bielefelder

Hypernyms

• Westfale
  • Nordrhein-Westfale

Adjective

Bielefelder (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Bielefeld

Usage notes

• 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

• “Bielefelder” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon