Rotenberger

German

Etymology

From Rotenberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁoːtn̩ˌbɛʁɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛʁɡɐ
• Hyphenation: Ro‧ten‧ber‧ger

Noun

Rotenberger m (strong, genitive Rotenbergers, plural Rotenberger, feminine Rotenbergerin)

1. A native or resident of Rotenberg

Declension

Declension of Rotenberger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rotenberger	die	Rotenberger
genitive	eines	des	Rotenbergers	der	Rotenberger
dative	einem	dem	Rotenberger	den	Rotenbergern
accusative	einen	den	Rotenberger	die	Rotenberger

Adjective

Rotenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Rotenberg

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Rotenberger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Rotenberger	(eine)	(die)	Rotenberger	(die)	Rotenbergers, Rotenberger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Rotenbergers, Rotenberger1	(einer)	(der)	Rotenberger	(der)	Rotenbergers, Rotenberger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Rotenberger	(einer)	(der)	Rotenberger	(den)	Rotenbergers, Rotenberger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Rotenberger	(eine)	(die)	Rotenberger	(die)	Rotenbergers, Rotenberger

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Rotenberg, Rothenberg, Rothenberger, Rotenburg, Rotenburger
• Rothenberger, Rottenburger, Rothenburg, Rothenbach, Rodenbach