German

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Etymology

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From Hirschberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈhɪʁʃˌbɛʁɡɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛʁɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: Hirsch‧ber‧ger

Noun

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Hirschberger m (strong, genitive Hirschbergers, plural Hirschberger, feminine Hirschbergerin)

  1. A native or resident of Hirschberg

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Adjective

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Hirschberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Hirschberg

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.

Proper noun

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 Hirschberger (Begriffsklärung) on German Wikipedia

Hirschberger m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hirschbergers or (with an article) Hirschberger, feminine genitive Hirschberger, plural Hirschbergers or Hirschberger)

  1. a surname

Declension

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