Bündner

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbʏndnɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Bünd‧ner

Etymology 1

Bund (“alliance”) +‎ -er

Noun

Bündner m (strong, genitive Bündners, plural Bündner)

  1. alliance member
Declension
Declension of Bündner [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bündner die Bündner
genitive eines des Bündners der Bündner
dative einem dem Bündner den Bündnern
accusative einen den Bündner die Bündner

Etymology 2

Clipping of Graubünden (“Grisons”) +‎ -er. Compare Alemannic German Püntner.

Adjective

Bündner (strong nominative masculine singular Bündnerer, not comparable)

  1. (Switzerland, relational) of the Grisons (mountainous region in Switzerland)
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.

Noun

Bündner m (strong, genitive Bündners, plural Bündner)

  1. (Switzerland) a person from or living in the Grisons
Declension
Declension of Bündner [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bündner die Bündner
genitive eines des Bündners der Bündner
dative einem dem Bündner den Bündnern
accusative einen den Bündner die Bündner

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