Bündner

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʏndnɐ]
• Hyphenation: Bünd‧ner

Etymology 1

Bund (“alliance”) +‎ -er

Noun

Bündner m (strong, genitive Bündners, plural Bündner)

1. alliance member

Declension

Declension of Bündner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bündner	die	Bündner
genitive	eines	des	Bündners	der	Bündner
dative	einem	dem	Bündner	den	Bündnern
accusative	einen	den	Bündner	die	Bündner

Etymology 2

Clipping of Graubünden (“Grisons”) +‎ -er. Compare Alemannic German Püntner.

Adjective

Bündner (strong nominative masculine singular Bündnerer, not comparable)

1. (Switzerland, relational) of the Grisons (mountainous region in Switzerland)

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.

Noun

Bündner m (strong, genitive Bündners, plural Bündner)

1. (Switzerland) a person from or living in the Grisons

Declension

Declension of Bündner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bündner	die	Bündner
genitive	eines	des	Bündners	der	Bündner
dative	einem	dem	Bündner	den	Bündnern
accusative	einen	den	Bündner	die	Bündner

Further reading

• “Bündner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bündner (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
• “Bündner (Einwohner Graubündens)” in Duden online