Burgauer

German

Etymology

From Burgau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʊʁɡaʊ̯ɐ]
• Hyphenation: Bur‧gau‧er

Noun

Burgauer m (strong, genitive Burgauers, plural Burgauer, feminine Burgauerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Burgau

Declension

Declension of Burgauer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Burgauer	die	Burgauer
genitive	eines	des	Burgauers	der	Burgauer
dative	einem	dem	Burgauer	den	Burgauern
accusative	einen	den	Burgauer	die	Burgauer

Adjective

Burgauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Burgau

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.

Related terms

• Adenauer, Dernauer, Hanauer, Reichenauer, Steinauer

Proper noun

Burgauer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Burgauers or (with an article) Burgauer, feminine genitive Burgauer, plural Burgauers or Burgauer)

1. a surname

Related terms

• Adenauer, Bernauer, Lindauer, Hanauer, Hauer, Steinauer, Schongauer