Elberfelder

German

Etymology

From Elberfeld +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛlbɐˌfɛldɐ]
  • Hyphenation: El‧ber‧fel‧der

Noun

Elberfelder m (strong, genitive Elberfelders, plural Elberfelder, feminine Elberfelderin)

  1. A native or resident of Elberfeld

Declension

Hypernyms

Adjective

Elberfelder (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Elberfeld

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.