Dresdner

English

Alternative forms

Dresdener

Noun

Dresdner (plural Dresdners)

1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Dresden, capital of Saxony, Germany.

German

Alternative forms

• Dresdener

Etymology

Dresden +‎ -er, with syncope of the middle e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʁeːsdnɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Dresd‧ner

Noun

Dresdner m (strong, genitive Dresdners, plural Dresdner, feminine Dresdnerin)

1. Dresdner (native or inhabitant of the city of Dresden, capital of Saxony, Germany) (usually male)

Declension

Declension of Dresdner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dresdner	die	Dresdner
genitive	eines	des	Dresdners	der	Dresdner
dative	einem	dem	Dresdner	den	Dresdnern
accusative	einen	den	Dresdner	die	Dresdner

Further reading

• “Dresdner” in Duden online

Adjective

Dresdner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. Dresdner (of, from or relating to the city of Dresden, capital of Saxony, Germany)

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

• “Dresdner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Dresdner” in Duden online