Etymology

berliner

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Today it means: A native or inhabitant of Berlin. Full definition →

German Berliner
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  1. German · borrowed fromBerliner“native or inhabitant of Berlin”
  2. English todayBerliner

The first sense is either from German Berliner (“native or inhabitant of Berlin”) or formed in English from Berlin + -er. The second sense is from German Berliner (“doughnut”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.