Hunsrücker

German

Etymology

From Hunsrück + -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈhʊnsʁʏkɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Huns‧rü‧cker

Noun

Hunsrücker m (strong, genitive Hunsrückers, plural Hunsrücker, feminine Hunsrückerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of the Hunsrück, a low mountain range in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Declension

Hypernyms

Adjective

Hunsrücker (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of the Hunsrück
  1. Synonym: (rare) hunsrückisch

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.
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