Siebenbürger

German

Etymology

From Siebenbürgen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˌziːbm̩ˈbʏʁɡɐ]
• Hyphenation: Sie‧ben‧bür‧ger

Noun

Siebenbürger m (strong, genitive Siebenbürgers, plural Siebenbürger, feminine Siebenbürgerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Siebenbürgen

Declension

Declension of Siebenbürger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Siebenbürger	die	Siebenbürger
genitive	eines	des	Siebenbürgers	der	Siebenbürger
dative	einem	dem	Siebenbürger	den	Siebenbürgern
accusative	einen	den	Siebenbürger	die	Siebenbürger

Adjective

Siebenbürger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Siebenbürgen

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

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

1. a German surname

Declension

Declension of Siebenbürger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Siebenbürger	(eine)	(die)	Siebenbürger	(die)	Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger1	(einer)	(der)	Siebenbürger	(der)	Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Siebenbürger	(einer)	(der)	Siebenbürger	(den)	Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Siebenbürger	(eine)	(die)	Siebenbürger	(die)	Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Siebenhubener, Bürger