Schwarzenberger

German

Alternative forms

• Schwartzenberger (archaic)

Etymology

From Schwarzenberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃvaʁt͡sn̩ˌbɛʁɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: Schwar‧zen‧ber‧ger

Noun

Schwarzenberger m (strong, genitive Schwarzenbergers, plural Schwarzenberger, feminine Schwarzenbergerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Schwarzenberg

Declension

Declension of Schwarzenberger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schwarzenberger	die	Schwarzenberger
genitive	eines	des	Schwarzenbergers	der	Schwarzenberger
dative	einem	dem	Schwarzenberger	den	Schwarzenbergern
accusative	einen	den	Schwarzenberger	die	Schwarzenberger

Adjective

Schwarzenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Schwarzenberg

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

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

1. a surname

Related terms

• Schwarzenberg, Schwarzenburg, Schwarzenegger, Schwarzenbach