Herforder

German

Etymology

From Herford (“Herford”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛʁfɔʁdɐ]
• Hyphenation: Her‧for‧der

Noun

Herforder m (strong, genitive Herforders, plural Herforder, feminine Herforderin)

1. someone from the town of Herford

Declension

Declension of Herforder [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Herforder	die	Herforder
genitive	eines	des	Herforders	der	Herforder
dative	einem	dem	Herforder	den	Herfordern
accusative	einen	den	Herforder	die	Herforder

Hypernyms

• Westfale
  • Nordrhein-Westfale

Adjective

Herforder (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Herford

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.