Kölner

German

Alternative forms

• Cölner (obsolete since 1919)

Etymology

From Köln (“Cologne”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkœlnɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Köl‧ner

Noun

Kölner m (strong, genitive Kölners, plural Kölner, feminine Kölnerin)

1. inhabitant or native of Cologne

Declension

Declension of Kölner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kölner	die	Kölner
genitive	eines	des	Kölners	der	Kölner
dative	einem	dem	Kölner	den	Kölnern
accusative	einen	den	Kölner	die	Kölner

Hypernyms

• Rheinländer
  • Nordrhein-Westfale

Adjective

Kölner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Cologne

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

• “Kölner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache