Schlänger

See also: Schlanger

German

Etymology

Schlangen (“Schlangen”) +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃlɛŋɐ/
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Noun

Schlänger m (strong, genitive Schlängers, plural Schlänger, feminine Schlängerin)

1. a man from the municipality of Schlangen

Declension

Declension of Schlänger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schlänger	die	Schlänger
genitive	eines	des	Schlängers	der	Schlänger
dative	einem	dem	Schlänger	den	Schlängern
accusative	einen	den	Schlänger	die	Schlänger

Adjective

Schlänger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Schlangen

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.

Further reading

• “Schlänger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon