Emmentaler
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Alemannic German Emmentaler, from Emmental, a valley in Switzerland.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛmənˌtɑlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmənˌtɑːlə/
- Hyphenation: Em‧men‧ta‧ler
Proper noun
[edit]Emmentaler
Synonyms
[edit]- Swiss cheese (informal)
Translations
[edit]Swiss cheese
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See also
[edit]German
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[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Emmentaler m (strong, genitive Emmentalers, plural Emmentaler)
- a native or inhabitant of Emmental/Switzerland
- Emmentaler
Declension
[edit]Declension of Emmentaler [masculine, strong]
Hypernyms
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]Emmentaler (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) of Emmental
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Emmentaler” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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