German edit

Etymology edit

Deutschschweiz +‎ -er

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɔɪ̯t͡ʃˌʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ]
  • (file)

Noun edit

Deutschschweizer m (strong, genitive Deutschschweizers, plural Deutschschweizer)

  1. German-speaking Swiss person

Declension edit

Adjective edit

Deutschschweizer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of German-speaking Switzerland

Usage notes edit

  • 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.