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Ostberliner

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German

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Etymology

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    From Ostberlin +‎ -er.

    Pronunciation

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    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

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    Ostberliner m (strong, genitive Ostberliners, plural Ostberliner, feminine Ostberlinerin)

    1. East Berliner
      Antonym: Westberliner

    Declension

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

    Adjective

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    Ostberliner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

    1. (relational) East Berlin

    Usage notes

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    • 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

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