German

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Etymology

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Helgoland +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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

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

  1. a person from, or residing in, Heligoland

Declension

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Adjective

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Helgoländer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Heligoland

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.