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English

Münchner

Münchner comes from German Münchner ‘a resident or inhabitant of Munich’, and goes back to Middle High German Münichen.

  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Münichen
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentMünchen
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentMünchner‘a resident or inhabitant of Munich’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1916same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350Münichen
  2. Germanc. 1650–presentMünchen
  3. German, derivedc. 1650–presentMünchner‘a resident or inhabitant of Munich’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1916same form

Earliest quotation: 1916, Daily Review of the Foreign Press: “[…] especially in regard to hotels and eating-houses, to…”

Today it means

noun A native or inhabitant of the city of Munich, capital of Bavaria, Germany.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle High German Münichen / Münchner