Worringer

German

Etymology

From Worringen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔʁɪŋɐ/
• Hyphenation: Wor‧rin‧ger

Noun

Worringer m (strong, genitive Worringers, plural Worringer, feminine Worringerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Worringen

Declension

Declension of Worringer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Worringer	die	Worringer
genitive	eines	des	Worringers	der	Worringer
dative	einem	dem	Worringer	den	Worringern
accusative	einen	den	Worringer	die	Worringer

Hypernyms

• Rheinländer
  • Nordrhein-Westfale

Adjective

Worringer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Worringen

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

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

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Worringer [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Worringer	(eine)	(die)	Worringer	(die)	Worringers, Worringer
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Worringers, Worringer1	(einer)	(der)	Worringer	(der)	Worringers, Worringer
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Worringer	(einer)	(der)	Worringer	(den)	Worringers, Worringer
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Worringer	(eine)	(die)	Worringer	(die)	Worringers, Worringer

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Wanninger, Waiblinger, Kissinger, Behringer, Böhringer, Bönninger