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Frankensteiner

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German

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Etymology

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From Frankenstein +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈfʁaŋkn̩ˌʃtaɪ̯nɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Fran‧ken‧stei‧ner

Noun

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Frankensteiner m (strong, genitive Frankensteiners, plural Frankensteiner, feminine Frankensteinerin)

  1. A native or resident of Frankenstein

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Adjective

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Frankensteiner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Frankenstein

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.
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