Tongerer

German

Alternative forms

• Tungerer (obsolete, dated)

Etymology

From Tongern +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɔŋəʁɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ton‧ge‧rer

Noun

Tongerer m (strong, genitive Tongerers, plural Tongerer, feminine Tongerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Tongern

Declension

Declension of Tongerer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tongerer	die	Tongerer
genitive	eines	des	Tongerers	der	Tongerer
dative	einem	dem	Tongerer	den	Tongerern
accusative	einen	den	Tongerer	die	Tongerer

Hypernyms

• Limburger
  • Belgier

Adjective

Tongerer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Tongern

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.