Gelsenkirchener
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Gelsenkirchener m (strong, genitive Gelsenkircheners, plural Gelsenkirchener, feminine Gelsenkirchenerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Gelsenkirchen
Declension edit
Declension of Gelsenkirchener [masculine, strong]
Adjective edit
Gelsenkirchener (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Gelsenkirchen
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.
Further reading edit
- “Gelsenkirchener” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gelsenkirchener” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon