Limburger

English

Etymology

From Limburg +‎ -er.

Noun

Limburger (usually uncountable, plural Limburgers)

1. Limburger cheese.
2. (countable) A native or inhabitant of Limburg.

See also

• Limburger cheese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• grumblier

Dutch

Etymology

From Limburg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪmˌbʏr.ɣər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Lim‧bur‧ger

Noun

Limburger m (plural Limburgers, diminutive Limburgertje n)

1. A person from Limburg, a Limburger.

   Synonym: limbo

Adjective

Limburger (not comparable)

1. Of, from or relating to Limburg.

   Synonym: Limburgs

Declension

Inflection of Limburger
uninflected	Limburger
inflected	Limburger
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		Limburger
indefinite	m./f. sing.	Limburger
	n. sing.	Limburger
	plural	Limburger
definite		Limburger
partitive		Limburgers

German

Etymology

From Limburg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɪmˌbʊʁɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: Lim‧bur‧ger

Noun

Limburger m (strong, genitive Limburgers, plural Limburger, feminine Limburgerin)

1. A native or resident of Limburg

Declension

Declension of Limburger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Limburger	die	Limburger
genitive	eines	des	Limburgers	der	Limburger
dative	einem	dem	Limburger	den	Limburgern
accusative	einen	den	Limburger	die	Limburger

Hypernyms

• Rheinland-Pfälzer
  • Deutscher

Adjective

Limburger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Limburg

Usage notes

• 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

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

1. a surname

Related terms

• Limburg, Limbach, Limbacher, Limberg, Limberger
• Burger, Augsburger, Altenburger, Freiburger, Hamburger
• Homburger, Rotenburger, Seeburger, Würzburger, Weisburger, Weißenburger