Mettinger

German

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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.

Related terms

• Metzinger, Menzinger, Munzinger, Menninger
• Öttinger, Püttlinger, Bettinger, Wettinger