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)
- a native or inhabitant of Hildesheim
Declension
Declension of Hildesheimer [masculine, strong]
Hypernyms
Adjective
Hildesheimer (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (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)
- a surname transferred from the place name
Declension
Declension of Hildesheimer [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hildesheimer | (eine) | (die) | Hildesheimer | (die) | Hildesheimers, Hildesheimer |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hildesheimers, Hildesheimer1 | (einer) | (der) | Hildesheimer | (der) | Hildesheimers, Hildesheimer |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hildesheimer | (einer) | (der) | Hildesheimer | (den) | Hildesheimers, Hildesheimer |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hildesheimer | (eine) | (die) | Hildesheimer | (die) | Hildesheimers, Hildesheimer |
1With an article.