gebürtig

German

Etymology

Geburt + -ig

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbʏʁtɪç/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈbʏʁtɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧bür‧tig

Adjective

gebürtig (strong nominative masculine singular gebürtiger, not comparable)

  1. (attributive only) native, by birth (describing one's birth nationality, region, city, etc.)
    Er ist gebürtiger Kölner.
    He is from Cologne originally / by birth.

Usage notes

  • No statement is made regarding whether the person still lives in said place, or still has said nationality. It is purely about one's circumstances of birth.

Declension

Further reading

  • gebürtig” in Duden online
  • gebürtig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache