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German
Etymology
From Adenau + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: Ade‧nau‧er
Noun
Adenauer m (strong, genitive Adenauers, plural Adenauer, feminine Adenauerin)
- a native or inhabitant of Adenau
Declension
Adjective
Adenauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) Adenau
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
Adenauer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Adenauers or (with an article) Adenauer, feminine genitive Adenauer, plural Adenauers or Adenauer)
- a surname