Hildesheimer

German

Etymology

From Hildesheim +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhɪldəsˌhaɪ̯mɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Hil‧des‧hei‧mer

Noun

Hildesheimer m (strong, genitive Hildesheimers, plural Hildesheimer, feminine Hildesheimerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Hildesheim

Declension

Hypernyms

Adjective

Hildesheimer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Hildesheim

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

Hildesheimer m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hildesheimers or (with an article) Hildesheimer, feminine genitive Hildesheimer, plural Hildesheimers or Hildesheimer)

  1. a surname transferred from the place name

Declension