German

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Etymology

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From Rostock +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈʁɔstɔkɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Ros‧to‧cker

Noun

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Rostocker m (strong, genitive Rostockers, plural Rostocker, feminine Rostockerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Rostock

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Adjective

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Rostocker (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Rostock
    Synonym: rostockisch

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.