Waadtländer

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈvaːtˌlɛndɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Waadt‧län‧der

Etymology 1

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From Waadtland +‎ -er.

Noun

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Waadtländer m (strong, genitive Waadtländers, plural Waadtländer, feminine Waadtländerin)

  1. Vaudois (native or inhabitant of Vaud, a canton of Switzerland)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Waadtland +‎ -er.

Adjective

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Waadtländer (indeclinable, no predicative form)

  1. (relational) of Vaud
    Synonym: waadtländisch
Usage notes
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  • 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

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