Unit 4: Verbs with Prefixes; Adjective Endings

6. Place Names as Adjectives and Nouns

German has a very simple way of using place names as adjectives: add the ending –er. Note that no other adjective endings are added, regardless of case or number.

das Genfer Abkommen the Geneva Convention

These adjectives can also be used as nouns:

der Berliner the Berliner (male from Berlin)
die Berlinerin the Berliner (female from Berlin)

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