Brandenburger

English

Etymology

From Brandenburg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændənbɜːɡə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændɚnbɝɡɚ/

Noun

Brandenburger (plural Brandenburgers)

1. A person from Brandenburg (state of Germany).
2. A person from Brandenburg an der Havel (city of Germany).

Translations

A person from Brandenburg

• French: Brandebourgeois (fr) m, Brandebourgeoise (fr) f
• German: Brandenburger (de) m, Brandenburgerin (de) f
• Italian: brandeburghese (it)
• Spanish: brandeburgués m, brandeburguesa f

Proper noun

Brandenburger (plural Brandenburgers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brandenburger is the 39555^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Brandenburger is most common among White (95.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brandenburger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216.

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Brandenburger m (strong, genitive Brandenburgers, plural Brandenburger, feminine Brandenburgerin)

1. Brandenburger (native or inhabitant of Brandenburg)

Declension

Declension of Brandenburger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Brandenburger	die	Brandenburger
genitive	eines	des	Brandenburgers	der	Brandenburger
dative	einem	dem	Brandenburger	den	Brandenburgern
accusative	einen	den	Brandenburger	die	Brandenburger

Adjective

Brandenburger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Brandenburg

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Brandenburger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Brandenburger	(eine)	(die)	Brandenburger	(die)	Brandenburgers, Brandenburger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Brandenburgers, Brandenburger1	(einer)	(der)	Brandenburger	(der)	Brandenburgers, Brandenburger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Brandenburger	(einer)	(der)	Brandenburger	(den)	Brandenburgers, Brandenburger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Brandenburger	(eine)	(die)	Brandenburger	(die)	Brandenburgers, Brandenburger

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Brandenberger
• Augsburger, Hamburger, Homburger