Schönauer

German

Etymology

From Schönau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃøːnaʊ̯ɐ]
• Hyphenation: Schö‧n‧au‧er

Noun

Schönauer m (strong, genitive Schönauers, plural Schönauer, feminine Schönauerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Schönau

Declension

Declension of Schönauer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schönauer	die	Schönauer
genitive	eines	des	Schönauers	der	Schönauer
dative	einem	dem	Schönauer	den	Schönauern
accusative	einen	den	Schönauer	die	Schönauer

Adjective

Schönauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Schönau

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Schönauer [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Schönauer	(eine)	(die)	Schönauer	(die)	Schönauers, Schönauer
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Schönauers, Schönauer1	(einer)	(der)	Schönauer	(der)	Schönauers, Schönauer
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Schönauer	(einer)	(der)	Schönauer	(den)	Schönauers, Schönauer
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Schönauer	(eine)	(die)	Schönauer	(die)	Schönauers, Schönauer

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Schönbach, Schönberg, Schönburg, Schönbusch, Schönefeld
• Adenauer, Burgauer, Dernauer, Schwarzenauer, Weißenauer
• Lindauer, Hanauer, Hauer, Steinauer, Schongauer