Emmentaler

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English

Emmental Swiss cheese
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Etymology

From Alemannic German Emmentaler, from Emmental, a valley in Switzerland.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Emmentaler

  1. A Swiss cheese with many holes.

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German

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɛmənˌtaːlɐ/
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  • Hyphenation: Em‧men‧ta‧ler

Noun

Emmentaler m (strong, genitive Emmentalers, plural Emmentaler)

  1. a native or inhabitant of Emmental/Switzerland
  2. Emmentaler

Declension

Declension of Emmentaler
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Emmentaler die Emmentaler
genitive eines des Emmentalers der Emmentaler
dative einem dem Emmentaler den Emmentalern
accusative einen den Emmentaler die Emmentaler

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Adjective

Emmentaler (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Emmental

Usage notes

  • Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.

Further reading

  • “Emmentaler” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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