Tiroler

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tiˈʁoːlɐ]

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• Rhymes: -oːlɐ
• Hyphenation: Ti‧ro‧ler

Etymology 1

From Tirol +‎ -er.

Noun

Tiroler m (strong, genitive Tirolers, plural Tiroler, feminine Tirolerin)

1. Tyrolean (native or inhabitant of Tyrol)

   Hyponym: Südtiroler

Declension

Declension of Tiroler [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tiroler	die	Tiroler
genitive	eines	des	Tirolers	der	Tiroler
dative	einem	dem	Tiroler	den	Tirolern
accusative	einen	den	Tiroler	die	Tiroler

Etymology 2

From Tirol +‎ -er.

Adjective

Tiroler (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Tyrol

   Synonyms: tirolerisch, (dated in Austria) tirolisch

   Hyponym: Südtiroler

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

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