Rüganer

German

Etymology

Rügen +‎ -aner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʁyːˈɡʰäːnɐ]

Noun

Rüganer m (strong, genitive Rüganers, plural Rüganer, feminine Rüganerin)

1. someone from the island of Rügen

   Synonym: Rügener

Declension

Declension of Rüganer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rüganer	die	Rüganer
genitive	eines	des	Rüganers	der	Rüganer
dative	einem	dem	Rüganer	den	Rüganern
accusative	einen	den	Rüganer	die	Rüganer

Adjective

Rüganer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Rügen

   Synonym: Rügener

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.