Oberengadiner

German

Etymology

From Oberengadin +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoːbɐˌʔɛŋɡadiːnɐ]
• Hyphenation: Ober‧en‧ga‧di‧ner]

Noun

Oberengadiner m (strong, genitive Oberengadiners, plural Oberengadiner)

1. a native or inhabitant of the Upper Engadin (Oberengadin) in southeast Switzerland

Declension

Declension of Oberengadiner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Oberengadiner	die	Oberengadiner
genitive	eines	des	Oberengadiners	der	Oberengadiner
dative	einem	dem	Oberengadiner	den	Oberengadinern
accusative	einen	den	Oberengadiner	die	Oberengadiner

Coordinate terms

• Unterengadiner

Hypernyms

• Engadiner
  • Graubündner, Bündner
    • Schweizer, Eidgenosse

Derived terms

• Oberengadinerin

Adjective

Oberengadiner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Oberengadin

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.