emmenthal

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

emmenthal

borrowed from German Emmenthaler, which comes from the Emme valley, Thal in German, a river in Switzerland. This region was formerly called Emmenthal, hence the original spelling of the word: Emmenthal. It is its current form according to the German spelling reform of 1901, Emmental, which has given the spelling without h.

Definition

Plural

emmenthals

Translations

  • germangerman:Emmentaler
  • englishenglish:Swiss cheese

See also