Adenauer

German

Etymology

From Adenau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːdənaʊ̯ɐ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ade‧nau‧er

Noun

Adenauer m (strong, genitive Adenauers, plural Adenauer, feminine Adenauerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Adenau

Declension

Declension of Adenauer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Adenauer	die	Adenauer
genitive	eines	des	Adenauers	der	Adenauer
dative	einem	dem	Adenauer	den	Adenauern
accusative	einen	den	Adenauer	die	Adenauer

Adjective

Adenauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Adenau

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Adenauer [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Adenauer	(eine)	(die)	Adenauer	(die)	Adenauers, Adenauer
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Adenauers, Adenauer1	(einer)	(der)	Adenauer	(der)	Adenauers, Adenauer
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Adenauer	(einer)	(der)	Adenauer	(den)	Adenauers, Adenauer
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Adenauer	(eine)	(die)	Adenauer	(die)	Adenauers, Adenauer

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Lindauer, Hanauer, Hauer, Steinauer, Schongauer