Thurgauer

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtuːɐ̯ˌɡaʊ̯ɐ]

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ
• Hyphenation: Thur‧gau‧er

Etymology 1

From Thurgau +‎ -er.

Noun

Thurgauer m (strong, genitive Thurgauers, plural Thurgauer, feminine Thurgauerin)

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

Declension

Declension of Thurgauer [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Thurgauer	die	Thurgauer
genitive	eines	des	Thurgauers	der	Thurgauer
dative	einem	dem	Thurgauer	den	Thurgauern
accusative	einen	den	Thurgauer	die	Thurgauer

Etymology 2

From Thurgau +‎ -er.

Adjective

Thurgauer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Thurgau

   Synonym: thurgauisch

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

• “Thurgauer (Einwohner)” in Duden online
• “Thurgauer (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
• “Thurgauer”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Thurgauer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon