Weißenberger

German

Alternative forms

• Weissenberger (archaic)

Etymology

From Weißenberg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaɪ̯sn̩ˌbɛʁɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛʁɡɐ
• Hyphenation: Wei‧ßen‧ber‧ger

Noun

Weißenberger m (strong, genitive Weißenbergers, plural Weißenberger, feminine Weißenbergerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Weißenberg

Declension

Declension of Weißenberger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Weißenberger	die	Weißenberger
genitive	eines	des	Weißenbergers	der	Weißenberger
dative	einem	dem	Weißenberger	den	Weißenbergern
accusative	einen	den	Weißenberger	die	Weißenberger

Adjective

Weißenberger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Weißenberg

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Weißenberger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Weißenberger	(eine)	(die)	Weißenberger	(die)	Weißenbergers, Weißenberger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Weißenbergers, Weißenberger1	(einer)	(der)	Weißenberger	(der)	Weißenbergers, Weißenberger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Weißenberger	(einer)	(der)	Weißenberger	(den)	Weißenbergers, Weißenberger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Weißenberger	(eine)	(die)	Weißenberger	(die)	Weißenbergers, Weißenberger

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Weißenberg, Weißenburg, Weißenstein, Weißenbach