Simmental

English

Proper noun

Simmental

1. An alpine valley in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland.

Noun

Simmental (plural Simmentals)

1. One of a versatile breed of cattle originating in that valley.

Anagrams

• immantles, mentalism

German

Alternative forms

• Simmenthal (superseded)

Etymology

From older Siebenthal and Siebnethal, from Latin septem valles. By surface analysis, sieben +‎ -t- +‎ Tal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈzɪməntaːl]
• Hyphenation: Sim‧men‧tal

Proper noun

das Simmental n (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Simmentales or des Simmentals)

1. A valley in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland.

Declension

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

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Simmental
genitive	des	Simmentales, Simmentals
dative	dem	Simmental, Simmentale1
accusative	das	Simmental

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Obersimmental
• Niedersimmental

Derived terms

• Simmentaler
  • Simmentalerin

Related terms

• Simmenau, Simmerbach, Simmering, Simmern, Simmenhausen
• Brantental, Emmental, Frutigtal, Gailtal, Haslital, Ötztal, Rheintal, Stubaital