Weininger

German

Etymology

From Weiningen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvaɪ̯nɪŋɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Wei‧nin‧ger

Noun

Weininger m (strong, genitive Weiningers, plural Weininger, feminine Weiningerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Weiningen

Declension

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

Adjective

Weininger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Weiningen

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

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

  1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Weininger [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Weininger (eine) (die) Weininger (die) Weiningers, Weininger
genitive (eines) (des) Weiningers, Weininger1 (einer) (der) Weininger (der) Weiningers, Weininger
dative (einem) (dem) Weininger (einer) (der) Weininger (den) Weiningers, Weininger
accusative (einen) (den) Weininger (eine) (die) Weininger (die) Weiningers, Weininger

1With an article.

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