Tessiner

• IPA^(key): [tɛˈsiːnɐ]

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• Rhymes: -iːnɐ
• Hyphenation: Tes‧si‧ner

From Tessin +‎ -er.

Tessiner m (strong, genitive Tessiners, plural Tessiner, feminine Tessinerin)

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

From Tessin +‎ -er.

Tessiner (indeclinable, no predicative form)

1. (relational) of Ticino

   Synonym: tessinisch

• 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.

• “Tessiner (Einwohner)” in Duden online
• “Tessiner (Adjektiv)” in Duden online
• “Tessiner” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon