Tessiner

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛˈsiːnɐ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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.

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