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Arnoldsteiner

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German

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Etymology

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From Arnoldstein +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaʁnɔltˌʃtaɪ̯nɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Ar‧nold‧stei‧ner

Noun

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Arnoldsteiner m (strong, genitive Arnoldsteiners, plural Arnoldsteiner, feminine Arnoldsteinerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Arnoldstein

Declension

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Adjective

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Arnoldsteiner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) Arnoldstein

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.