Weißensteiner

German

Alternative forms

• Weissensteiner (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From Weißenstein +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaɪ̯sn̩ˌʃtaɪnɐ]
• Hyphenation: Wei‧ßen‧stei‧ner

Noun

Weißensteiner m (strong, genitive Weißensteiners, plural Weißensteiner, feminine Weißensteinerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Weißenstein

Declension

Declension of Weißensteiner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Weißensteiner	die	Weißensteiner
genitive	eines	des	Weißensteiners	der	Weißensteiner
dative	einem	dem	Weißensteiner	den	Weißensteinern
accusative	einen	den	Weißensteiner	die	Weißensteiner

Adjective

Weißensteiner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) Weißenstein

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.