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German
Etymology
alt- + eingesessen
Pronunciation
Adjective
alteingesessen (strong nominative masculine singular alteingesessener, not comparable)
- long-established, indigenous, endemic
- Synonym: ansässig
- Coordinate term: zugezogen
1978, Günther Anders, Erzählungen: fröhliche Philosophie:»Ich bin alteingesessen«, fuhr der Jüngere fort, »und schon mein Vater war hier alteingesessen. Aber mich werden sie in einen Topf werfen mit euereins.«- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2002, Lorenz Hofer, Zur Dynamik urbanen Sprechens: Studien zu Spracheinstellungen und Dialektvariation im Stadtraum, →ISBN:Als alteingesessen galt (in Anlehnung an Schifferle 1995: 46) eine Person, deren Eltern schon in Basel wohnten.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Positive forms of alteingesessen (uncomparable)
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