Mettinger

German

Etymology

From Mettingen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛtɪŋɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Met‧tin‧ger

Noun

Mettinger m (strong, genitive Mettingers, plural Mettinger, feminine Mettingerin)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Mettingen

Declension

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

Adjective

Mettinger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Mettingen

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

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

  1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Mettinger [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Mettinger (eine) (die) Mettinger (die) Mettingers, Mettinger
genitive (eines) (des) Mettingers, Mettinger1 (einer) (der) Mettinger (der) Mettingers, Mettinger
dative (einem) (dem) Mettinger (einer) (der) Mettinger (den) Mettingers, Mettinger
accusative (einen) (den) Mettinger (eine) (die) Mettinger (die) Mettingers, Mettinger

1With an article.

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