Emmentaler

== English == === Alternative forms === Emmental Emmenthal Emmenthaler === Etymology === From Alemannic German Emmentaler, from Emmental, a valley in Switzerland. By surface analysis, Emme +‎ Tal. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɛmənˌtɑlɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛmənˌtɑːlə/ Hyphenation: Em‧men‧ta‧ler === Proper noun === Emmentaler A Swiss cheese with many holes. ==== Synonyms ==== Swiss cheese (informal) ==== Translations ==== === See also === Gruyère == German == === Alternative forms === Emmenthaler (superseded) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛmənˌtaːlɐ/ Hyphenation: Em‧men‧ta‧ler === Noun === Emmentaler m (strong, genitive Emmentalers, plural Emmentaler) a native or inhabitant of Emmental/Switzerland Emmentaler ==== Declension ==== ==== Hypernyms ==== Schweizer, Eidgenosse Mitteleuropäer ==== Derived terms ==== Emmentalerin === Adjective === Emmentaler (indeclinable, no predicative form) (relational) of Emmental ==== 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. ==== Related terms ==== Emmentaler Käse === Further reading === “Emmentaler” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache