Why is it der Ulmer?
Ulmer ends in -er, and most nouns ending in -er are masculine: in a German dictionary, 86% of them take der.
All nouns ending in -er der
Meaning
[1] inhabitants of Ulm (male or indefinite sex)
[1] Einwohner von Ulm (männlich oder unbestimmten Geschlechts)Examples
[1] Albert Einstein was born in Ulmerä
[1] Albert Einstein war gebürtiger Ulmer.
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | der Ulmer | die Ulmer |
| Genitiv | des Ulmers | der Ulmer |
| Dativ | dem Ulmer | den Ulmern |
| Akkusativ | den Ulmer | die Ulmer |
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