Steinauer

German

Etymology

From Steinau +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃtaɪ̯naʊ̯ɐ]
• Hyphenation: Stei‧n‧au‧er

Noun

Steinauer m (strong, genitive Steinauers, plural Steinauer, feminine Steinauerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Steinau

Declension

Declension of Steinauer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Steinauer	die	Steinauer
genitive	eines	des	Steinauers	der	Steinauer
dative	einem	dem	Steinauer	den	Steinauern
accusative	einen	den	Steinauer	die	Steinauer

Adjective

Steinauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Steinau

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

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

1. a surname

Related terms

• Stein, Steinbach, Steinberg, Steinfels, Steinfeld
• Adenauer, Hanauer, Lindauer, Schongauer