Siebenbürger

German

Etymology

From Siebenbürgen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˌziːbm̩ˈbʏʁɡɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Sie‧ben‧bür‧ger

Noun

Siebenbürger m (strong, genitive Siebenbürgers, plural Siebenbürger, feminine Siebenbürgerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Siebenbürgen

Declension

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

Adjective

Siebenbürger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Siebenbürgen

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

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

  1. a German surname

Declension

Declension of Siebenbürger [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Siebenbürger (eine) (die) Siebenbürger (die) Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger
genitive (eines) (des) Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger1 (einer) (der) Siebenbürger (der) Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger
dative (einem) (dem) Siebenbürger (einer) (der) Siebenbürger (den) Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger
accusative (einen) (den) Siebenbürger (eine) (die) Siebenbürger (die) Siebenbürgers, Siebenbürger

1With an article.

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