Westheimer

German

Etymology

From Westheim +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛsthaɪ̯mɐ]
• Hyphenation: West‧hei‧mer

Noun

Westheimer m (strong, genitive Westheimers, plural Westheimer, feminine Westheimerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Westheim

Declension

Declension of Westheimer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Westheimer	die	Westheimer
genitive	eines	des	Westheimers	der	Westheimer
dative	einem	dem	Westheimer	den	Westheimern
accusative	einen	den	Westheimer	die	Westheimer

Adjective

Westheimer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Westheim

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Westheimer [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Westheimer	(eine)	(die)	Westheimer	(die)	Westheimers, Westheimer
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Westheimers, Westheimer1	(einer)	(der)	Westheimer	(der)	Westheimers, Westheimer
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Westheimer	(einer)	(der)	Westheimer	(den)	Westheimers, Westheimer
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Westheimer	(eine)	(die)	Westheimer	(die)	Westheimers, Westheimer

¹With an article.

Related terms

• West, Westerheim, Westermann, Westmann, Westberg, Westenberger
• Altheim, Arzheimer, Assenheimer, Bettelheim, Elsheimer, Emsheimer, Hammershaimb, Meerheimb, Mersheimer, Monheim
• Neheimer, Ostheim, Ostheimer, Sinsheimer, Sontheimer, Waldheimer