Wattenscheider

German

Etymology

From Wattenscheid +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvatn̩ˌʃaɪ̯dɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Wat‧ten‧schei‧der

Noun

Wattenscheider m (strong, genitive Wattenscheiders, plural Wattenscheider, feminine Wattenscheiderin)

  1. A native or resident of Wattenscheid

Declension

Hypernyms

Adjective

Wattenscheider (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Wattenscheid

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.