Waadtländer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaːtˌlɛndɐ]

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• Hyphenation: Waadt‧län‧der

Etymology 1

From Waadtland +‎ -er.

Noun

Waadtländer m (strong, genitive Waadtländers, plural Waadtländer, feminine Waadtländerin)

1. Vaudois (native or inhabitant of Vaud, a canton of Switzerland)

Declension

Declension of Waadtländer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Waadtländer	die	Waadtländer
genitive	eines	des	Waadtländers	der	Waadtländer
dative	einem	dem	Waadtländer	den	Waadtländern
accusative	einen	den	Waadtländer	die	Waadtländer

Etymology 2

From Waadtland +‎ -er.

Adjective

Waadtländer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Vaud

   Synonym: waadtländisch

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

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