Emmental

See also: emmental

English

Etymology

From Alemannic German, literally "Emme's valley," from Emme (from the Emme river, from Gaulish/Gallo-Latin ambis (“river”), a variant of amnis (“stream, rapid water”)) + Tall (“valley”).

Proper noun

Emmental

1. A valley in Bern canton, Switzerland.
2. Alternative form of Emmentaler (“Swiss cheese with many holes”)
   • 2023 July 26, Christian Wolmar, “Closing ticket offices to lead to 'catch-22' for passengers”, in RAIL, number 988, page 42:

     Well, there are more holes in that argument than in a chunk of Emmental.

Anagrams

• emmantle, metalmen

German

Alternative forms

• Emmenthal (superseded)

Etymology

From Emme +‎ -n- +‎ Tal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛməntaːl]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Em‧men‧tal

Proper noun

das Emmental n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Emmentales or des Emmentals)

1. A valley in Bern canton, Switzerland.

Declension

Declension of Emmental [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Emmental
genitive	des	Emmentales, Emmentals
dative	dem	Emmental, Emmentale1
accusative	das	Emmental

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Emmentaler
  • Emmentalerin

Related terms

• Emmen, Emmenbrücke, Emmendingen, Emmendorf, Emmenfeld, Emmebach, Emmerberg
• Frutigtal, Gailtal, Haslital, Ötztal, Simmental, Stubaital