Ostendorfer

German

Etymology

From Ostendorf +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔstn̩ˌdɔʁfɐ]
• Hyphenation: Os‧ten‧dor‧fer

Noun

Ostendorfer m (strong, genitive Ostendorfers, plural Ostendorfer, feminine Ostendorferin)

1. A native or resident of Ostendorf

Declension

Declension of Ostendorfer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Ostendorfer	die	Ostendorfer
genitive	eines	des	Ostendorfers	der	Ostendorfer
dative	einem	dem	Ostendorfer	den	Ostendorfern
accusative	einen	den	Ostendorfer	die	Ostendorfer

Hypernyms

• Deutscher

Adjective

Ostendorfer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Ostendorf

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.

Proper noun

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Ostendorfer [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Ostendorfer	(eine)	(die)	Ostendorfer	(die)	Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer1	(einer)	(der)	Ostendorfer	(der)	Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Ostendorfer	(einer)	(der)	Ostendorfer	(den)	Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Ostendorfer	(eine)	(die)	Ostendorfer	(die)	Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Ostenfeld, Ostermann
• Adorf, Deutschendorf, Waldorf, Westendorf