German

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Etymology

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From Nordhausen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈnɔʁtˌhaʊ̯.zn̩ɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Nord‧hau‧se‧ner

Noun

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Nordhausener m (strong, genitive Nordhauseners, plural Nordhausener)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Nordhausen

Declension

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Derived terms

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Adjective

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Nordhausener (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Nordhausen

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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