Aachener

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aachener, equal to Aachen +‎ -er.

Noun

Aachener (plural Aacheners)

  1. A native or inhabitant of Aachen, Germany.
    • 1972, Charles Whiting, Werewolf: The Story of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944–1945, London: Leo Cooper Ltd, →ISBN, page 24:
      Von Schwerin arrived in Aachen late on the night of the twelfth, his Army Volkswagen fighting its way through the panic-stricken Aacheners, fleeing from the city which was already burning from the first American shells.

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaːxənɐ/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Aa‧che‧ner

Noun

Aachener m (strong, genitive Aacheners, plural Aachener, feminine Aachenerin)

  1. Aachener (a native or inhabitant of Aachen)

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

Adjective

Aachener (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Aachen

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.

Further reading
  • “Aachener” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Aachener” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Aachener” in Duden online
  • “Aachener” in Duden online
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