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Mergentheimer

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German

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Etymology

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From Mergentheim +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛʁɡn̩tˌhaɪ̯mɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Mer‧gent‧hei‧mer

Noun

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Mergentheimer m (strong, genitive Mergentheimers, plural Mergentheimer, feminine Mergentheimerin)

  1. A native or resident of Mergentheim (Since 1926 Bad Mergentheim)

Declension

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Adjective

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Mergentheimer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Mergentheim

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.

References

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