Walliser
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editWalliser m (strong, genitive Wallisers, plural Walliser, feminine Walliserin)
Declension
editDeclension of Walliser [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
editAdjective
editWalliser (indeclinable, no predicative form)
- (relational) Valaisian, of Valais
- Synonym: wallisisch
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.
See also
edit- Waliser (not to be confused)
Further reading
edit- “Walliser (Einwohner)” in Duden online
- “Walliser (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
- “Walliser”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
- “Walliser” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Categories:
- German 3-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German terms suffixed with -er (inhabitant)
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German terms suffixed with -er (genitival)
- German adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives
- German adjectives without predicate
- German relational adjectives
- German indeclinable adjectives
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