Brandenburger

Brandenburger

English

Etymology

From Brandenburg +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændənbɜːɡə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɹændɚnbɝɡɚ/

Noun

Brandenburger (plural Brandenburgers)

1. A person from Brandenburg (state of Germany).
2. A person from Brandenburg an der Havel (city of Germany).

Translations

A person from Brandenburg

French: Brandebourgeois (fr) m, Brandebourgeoise (fr) f German: Brandenburger (de) m, Brandenburgerin (de) f Italian: brandeburghese (it) Spanish: brandeburgués m, brandeburguesa f

Proper noun

Brandenburger (plural Brandenburgers)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Brandenburger is the 39555^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 556 individuals. Brandenburger is most common among White (95.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Brandenburger”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 216.

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German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Brandenburger m (strong, genitive Brandenburgers, plural Brandenburger, feminine Brandenburgerin)

1. Brandenburger (native or inhabitant of Brandenburg)

Declension

Declension of Brandenburger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Brandenburger	die	Brandenburger
genitive	eines	des	Brandenburgers	der	Brandenburger
dative	einem	dem	Brandenburger	den	Brandenburgern
accusative	einen	den	Brandenburger	die	Brandenburger

Adjective

Brandenburger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Brandenburg

Usage notes

• Words like this are indeclinable adjectives in modern German, as noted by the Duden, DWDS and other modern references. They originated as genitive plurals of substantives, as noted by 18th century grammarian Johann Christoph Adelung and 19th century linguist Hermann Möller: e.g. Berliner Pfannkuchen = Pfannkuchen der Berliner = "pancake of the Berliners". See -er.