Nördlinger

Nördlinger is a German demonym and surname. It is used for people from Nördlingen, a town in the Bavarian region of Swabia, Germany. The term is formed from the town’s name with the standard agent suffix -er, indicating origin.

In German, the masculine form is Nördlinger and the feminine form is Nördlingerin, with plural usage varying by sentence structure. The town of Nördlingen lies in the district of Donau-Ries, within Bavaria, and is located on the edge of the Nördlinger Ries, a large circular depression created by a meteor impact. The demonym appears in historical and genealogical contexts to refer to individuals connected with Nördlingen.

As a surname, Nördlinger is found in German-speaking regions and is often toponymic, indicating a family’s historical ties to Nördlingen or its surrounding area. Notable individuals bearing the surname are not widely documented in general reference works, and genealogical records are typically consulted for more detail.

The term is primarily used in German-language contexts. In English-language writing, it is common to render the idea with a phrase such as “a resident of Nördlingen” rather than using the term Nördlinger directly.