German

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Etymology

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From Ratingen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʁaːtɪŋɐ/
  • Hyphenation: Ra‧tin‧ger

Noun

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Ratinger m (strong, genitive Ratingers, plural Ratinger, feminine Ratingerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Ratingen

Declension

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Adjective

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Ratinger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Ratingen

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.