Adenauer

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German

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Etymology

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From Adenau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaːdənaʊ̯ɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Ade‧nau‧er

Noun

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

  1. a native or inhabitant of Adenau

Declension

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Adjective

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Adenauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) Adenau

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.

Proper noun

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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

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