Westberliner

German

Etymology

From Westberlin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Westberliner m (strong, genitive Westberliners, plural Westberliner, feminine Westberlinerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of West Berlin

   Antonym: Ostberliner

Declension

Declension of Westberliner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Westberliner	die	Westberliner
genitive	eines	des	Westberliners	der	Westberliner
dative	einem	dem	Westberliner	den	Westberlinern
accusative	einen	den	Westberliner	die	Westberliner

Adjective

Westberliner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) East Berlin

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

• “Westberliner” in Duden online
• “Westberliner” in Duden online