Sankt Petersburger

German

Etymology

From Sankt Petersburg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [zaŋkt ˈpeːtɐsˌbʊʁɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: Sankt Pe‧ters‧bur‧ger

Noun

Sankt Petersburger m (strong, genitive Sankt Petersburgers, plural Sankt Petersburger)

1. a native or inhabitant of Saint Petersburg (Sankt Petersburg)

Declension

Declension of Sankt Petersburger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sankt Petersburger	die	Sankt Petersburger
genitive	eines	des	Sankt Petersburgers	der	Sankt Petersburger
dative	einem	dem	Sankt Petersburger	den	Sankt Petersburgern
accusative	einen	den	Sankt Petersburger	die	Sankt Petersburger

Derived terms

• Sankt Petersburgerin

Related terms

• Sankt Joachimsthaler, Sankt Goarshausener, Sangerhausener
• Hamburger, Mecklenburger

Adjective

Sankt Petersburger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Saint Petersburg (Sankt Petersburg)

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.