Athener

From Athene (“Athens”) +‎ -er.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːteːnər/

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• Hyphenation: A‧the‧ner

Athener m (plural Atheners, feminine Atheense)

1. an Athenian; an inhabitant of Athens

• Athene

Athen +‎ -er

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Athener m (strong, genitive Atheners, plural Athener, feminine Athenerin)

1. (relational) Athenian (a native or inhabitant of Athens)

Athener (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Athens; Athenian (from, of, or pertaining to Athens)

   Synonym: athenisch

• 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.