German edit

Etymology edit

Helgoland +‎ -er

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɛlɡoˌlɛndɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Hel‧go‧län‧der
  • (file)

Noun edit

Helgoländer m (strong, genitive Helgoländers, plural Helgoländer, feminine Helgoländerin)

  1. a person from, or residing in, Heligoland

Declension edit

Adjective edit

Helgoländer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Heligoland

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.