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Rotterdamer

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German

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Etymology

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From Rotterdam +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ʁɔtɐˈdamɐ], [ˈʁɔtɐdamɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Rot‧ter‧da‧mer
  • Rhymes: -amɐ

Noun

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Rotterdamer m (strong, genitive Rotterdamers, plural Rotterdamer, feminine Rotterdamerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Rotterdam

Declension

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Adjective

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Rotterdamer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Rotterdam

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.