Düsseldorfer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Düsseldorfer.

Noun

Düsseldorfer (plural Düsseldorfers)

  1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Düsseldorf, capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

German

Etymology

From Düsseldorf +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • (standard) IPA(key): /ˈdʏsl̩ˌdɔʁfɐ/
  • (in the region itself) IPA(key): /ˈdʏsl̩ˌdɔːvɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Düs‧sel‧dor‧fer

Noun

Düsseldorfer m (strong, genitive Düsseldorfers, plural Düsseldorfer, feminine Düsseldorferin)

  1. Düsseldorfer (native or inhabitant of the city of Düsseldorf, capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) (usually male)

Declension

Hypernyms

Adjective

Düsseldorfer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. of, from or relating to the city of Düsseldorf, capital of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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.