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By including the indefinite article "ein," he supposedly changed the meaning of the sentence from the intended "I am a citizen of Berlin" to "I am a Berliner" (a Berliner being a type of German pastry, similar to a jam- or jelly-filled doughnut), amusing Germans throughout the city. However, this is incorrect from both a grammatical perspective ...
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[110] It is not true that by using the indefinite article ein, he changed the meaning of the sentence from the intended "I am a citizen of Berlin" to "I am a Berliner", a Berliner being a type of German pastry, similar to a jelly doughnut, amusing Germans. [111]
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Political humorist Stephen Colbert quotes "I am a jelly doughnut" on The Colbert Report of August 18, 2009 in reporting on the Federal elections in Germany in September. He mentions the Berlin candidate Vera Lengsfeld who exposes her cleavage to campaign.
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"Ich bein ein Berliner" means both "I am of Berlin" and "I am a jelly donut" (a Berliner is another name for a jelly doughnut), but no reasonable person would have confused the two. "ein" is an indefinite article; "Ich bein Berliner" means "I am from Berlin", which would obviously not have been correct.