Weininger

German

Etymology

From Weiningen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaɪ̯nɪŋɐ]
• Hyphenation: Wei‧nin‧ger

Noun

Weininger m (strong, genitive Weiningers, plural Weininger, feminine Weiningerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Weiningen

Declension

Declension of Weininger [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Weininger	die	Weininger
genitive	eines	des	Weiningers	der	Weininger
dative	einem	dem	Weininger	den	Weiningern
accusative	einen	den	Weininger	die	Weininger

Adjective

Weininger (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Weiningen

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

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

 Weininger on German Wikipedia

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Weininger [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Weininger	(eine)	(die)	Weininger	(die)	Weiningers, Weininger
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Weiningers, Weininger1	(einer)	(der)	Weininger	(der)	Weiningers, Weininger
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Weininger	(einer)	(der)	Weininger	(den)	Weiningers, Weininger
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Weininger	(eine)	(die)	Weininger	(die)	Weiningers, Weininger

¹With an article.

Related terms

• Weinberger, Weinheimer, Weingartener, Wanninger
• Leininger, Meininger, Henninger