Rheinländer
German
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editRheinländer m (strong, genitive Rheinländers, plural Rheinländer, feminine Rheinländerin)
- a native or inhabitant of the Rhineland
Declension
editDeclension of Rheinländer [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
edit- Aachener, Bonner, Düsseldorfer, Dürener, Erkrather, Euskirchener, Geilenkirchener, Grevenbroicher, Kölner, Krefelder, Mönchengladbacher, Neusser, Ratinger, Solinger, Worringer, Wuppertaler
Adjective
editRheinländer (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of the Rhineland
- Synonym: rheinländisch
Usage notes
edit- 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.
Further reading
edit- “Rheinländer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Rheinländer” in Duden online