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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Aachener, equal to Aachen + -er.
Noun
Aachener (plural Aacheners)
- A native or inhabitant of Aachen, Germany.
1972, Charles Whiting, Werewolf: The Story of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944–1945, London: Leo Cooper Ltd, →ISBN, page 24:Von Schwerin arrived in Aachen late on the night of the twelfth, his Army Volkswagen fighting its way through the panic-stricken Aacheners, fleeing from the city which was already burning from the first American shells.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːxənɐ/
- Hyphenation: Aa‧che‧ner
Noun
Aachener m (strong, genitive Aacheners, plural Aachener, feminine Aachenerin)
- Aachener (a native or inhabitant of Aachen)
Declension
Adjective
Aachener (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Aachen
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.
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