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Berliner

Berlin resident

adjective ber-LEE-ner Less Common
People & Society Nationality

Also means

jam doughnut

Usage Note

Berliner is the adjective and demonym for Berlin, used uninflected before a noun (Berliner Mauer, the Berlin Wall). As a noun it also names a jam-filled doughnut in much of Germany — though in Berlin itself that pastry is called a Pfannkuchen.

Examples

"Wir gingen über die Berliner Mauer."

Natural Translation

We walked along the Berlin Wall.

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