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Limburger

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English

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Etymology

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From Limburg +‎ -er.

Noun

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Limburger (usually uncountable, plural Limburgers)

  1. Limburger cheese.
  2. (countable) A native or inhabitant of Limburg.

See also

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Limburg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪmˌbʏr.ɣər/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Lim‧bur‧ger

Noun

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Limburger m (plural Limburgers, diminutive Limburgertje n)

  1. a person from Limburg, a Limburger
    Synonym: limbo

Adjective

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Limburger (not comparable)

  1. of, from or relating to Limburg
    Synonym: Limburgs

Declension

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Declension of Limburger
uninflected Limburger
inflected Limburger
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial Limburger
indefinite m./f. sing. Limburger
n. sing. Limburger
plural Limburger
definite Limburger
partitive Limburgers

German

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 Limburger (Begriffsklärung) on German Wikipedia

Etymology

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From Limburg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈlɪmˌbʊʁɡɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Lim‧bur‧ger

Noun

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Limburger m (strong, genitive Limburgers, plural Limburger, feminine Limburgerin)

  1. A native or resident of Limburg

Declension

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Hypernyms

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Adjective

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Limburger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Limburg

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.

Proper noun

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

  1. a surname
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