Berliner

The first sense is either from German Berliner (“native or inhabitant of Berlin”) or formed in English from Berlin +‎ -er. The second sense is from German Berliner (“doughnut”).

• (General American) IPA^(key): /bɚˈlɪnɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bəˈlɪnə/

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Berliner (plural Berliners)

1. A native or inhabitant of Berlin.
2. A doughnut (donut) with a sweet filling.
3. (journalism) A newspaper format with pages normally measuring about 315 by 470 millimetres (12.4 in × 18.5 inches), slightly taller and wider than a tabloid but narrower and shorter than a broadsheet.

   Synonym: midi

• (person): Berlinian, Berlinese
• (filled doughnut): bismarck, Burlington bun, jambuster, jelly doughnut

• Berl. (abbreviation)

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁˈliːnɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Ber‧li‧ner

From Berlin +‎ -er.

Berliner m (strong, genitive Berliners, plural Berliner, feminine Berlinerin)

1. Berliner (male or of unspecified sex) (a native or inhabitant of Berlin)

From Berlin +‎ -er.

Berliner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Berlin

   Besucher finden die Berliner Museen sehr interessant.

   Visitors find Berlin’s museums very interesting.

• 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.

• berliner (adjective, dated)

• Berliner Blau
• Ostberliner (e.g. die Ostberliner Bevölkerung)
• Westberliner

Ellipsis of Berliner Pfannkuchen and/or Berliner Ballen.

Berliner m (strong, genitive Berliners, plural Berliner)

1. Berliner (a pastry similar to a doughnut (donut), with a sweet filling)

   Synonyms: Berliner Ballen, Krapfen, Kräppel, Pfannkuchen, Berliner Pfannkuchen

• Berliner is overall the most common word, but there is much regional variation.^[1]

• “Berliner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Berliner (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
• “Berliner (Einwohner von Berlin)” in Duden online
• “Berliner (Pfannkuchen)” in Duden online

Borrowed from German Berliner.

• IPA^(key): /bɛrˈli.nɛr/
• Rhymes: -inɛr
• Syllabification: Ber‧li‧ner

Berliner m pers

1. a male surname from German

Berliner f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

• “Berliner”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022