Gelsenkirchener

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˌɡɛlzn̩ˈkɪʁçənɐ] Hyphenation: Gel‧sen‧kir‧che‧ner === Noun === Gelsenkirchener m (strong, genitive Gelsenkircheners, plural Gelsenkirchener, feminine Gelsenkirchenerin) a native or inhabitant of Gelsenkirchen ==== Declension ==== === Adjective === Gelsenkirchener (indeclinable, no predicative form) (relational) of Gelsenkirchen ==== 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. === Further reading === “Gelsenkirchener” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Gelsenkirchener” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon