German

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Etymology

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Possibly from Latin hallensis + -er instead of -is.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [haˈlɛnzɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Hal‧len‧ser

Noun

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Hallenser m (strong, genitive Hallensers, plural Hallenser, feminine Hallenserin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Halle (Saale)

Declension

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Adjective

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Hallenser (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) Halle (Halle (Saale))
    Synonym: hallisch

Usage notes

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  • 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.
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