Detmolder

German

Etymology

Detmold (“Detmold”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛtˌmɔldɐ/
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• Hyphenation: Det‧mol‧der

Noun

Detmolder m (strong, genitive Detmolders, plural Detmolder, feminine Detmolderin)

1. someone from the municipality of Detmold

Declension

Declension of Detmolder [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Detmolder	die	Detmolder
genitive	eines	des	Detmolders	der	Detmolder
dative	einem	dem	Detmolder	den	Detmoldern
accusative	einen	den	Detmolder	die	Detmolder

Adjective

Detmolder (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Detmold

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.

Further reading

• “Detmolder” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon