Hohensteiner

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German

Etymology

From Hohenstein +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: Ho‧hen‧stei‧ner

Noun

Hohensteiner m (strong, genitive Hohensteiners, plural Hohensteiner, feminine Hohensteinerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Hohenstein

Declension

Adjective

Hohensteiner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) Hohenstein

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.