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Tungerer

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Tungern +‎ -er

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈtʊŋəʁɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Tun‧ge‧rer

Noun

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Tungerer m (strong, genitive Tungerers, plural Tungerer, feminine Tungerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Tungern
  2. Obsolete spelling of Tongerer.

Declension

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Adjective

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Tungerer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Tungern

Usage notes

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  • 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.