Tessiner

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɛˈsiːnɐ]

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• Rhymes: -iːnɐ
• Hyphenation: Tes‧si‧ner

Etymology 1

From Tessin +‎ -er.

Noun

Tessiner m (strong, genitive Tessiners, plural Tessiner, feminine Tessinerin)

1. a native or inhabitant of Ticino, a canton of Switzerland.

Declension

Declension of Tessiner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tessiner	die	Tessiner
genitive	eines	des	Tessiners	der	Tessiner
dative	einem	dem	Tessiner	den	Tessinern
accusative	einen	den	Tessiner	die	Tessiner

Etymology 2

From Tessin +‎ -er.

Adjective

Tessiner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Ticino

   Synonym: tessinisch

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.

Further reading

• “Tessiner (Einwohner)” in Duden online
• “Tessiner (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
• “Tessiner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon