Ostendorfer

German

Etymology

From Ostendorf +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔstn̩ˌdɔʁfɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Os‧ten‧dor‧fer

Noun

Ostendorfer m (strong, genitive Ostendorfers, plural Ostendorfer, feminine Ostendorferin)

  1. A native or resident of Ostendorf

Declension

Declension of Ostendorfer [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Ostendorfer die Ostendorfer
genitive eines des Ostendorfers der Ostendorfer
dative einem dem Ostendorfer den Ostendorfern
accusative einen den Ostendorfer die Ostendorfer

Hypernyms

Adjective

Ostendorfer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Ostendorf

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

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

  1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Ostendorfer [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Ostendorfer (eine) (die) Ostendorfer (die) Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer
genitive (eines) (des) Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer1 (einer) (der) Ostendorfer (der) Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer
dative (einem) (dem) Ostendorfer (einer) (der) Ostendorfer (den) Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer
accusative (einen) (den) Ostendorfer (eine) (die) Ostendorfer (die) Ostendorfers, Ostendorfer

1With an article.

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