Schweiz
See also: schweiz.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /svajˀts/, [ˈsʋɑjˀd̥s]
Alternative forms
- Svejts n (obsolete)
Derived terms
German
Etymology
From Schwyz, the canton for which Switzerland is named.
Pronunciation
- (Germany) IPA(key): /ʃvaɪ̯ts/
(file) - (Austria) IPA(key): /ʃveɪ̯ts/
(file)
Proper noun
die Schweiz f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Schweiz)
- Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
Usage notes
Unlike most German country names (that are usually neuter), Schweiz is feminine, and requires the use of the definite article:
- Die Schweiz findet man in den Alpen.
- One finds Switzerland in the Alps.
- In der Schweiz wird Deutsch, Französisch, Italienisch und Rätoromanisch gesprochen.
- In Switzerland German, French, Italian and Romansch are spoken.
Related terms
See also
- (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Jugoslawien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monako/Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Rußland/Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechei/Tschechien, Tschechoslowakei, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern (Category: de:Countries in Europe)
Further reading
- “Schweiz” in Duden online
- “Schweiz” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Schweiz on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German Swīz, from Proto-West Germanic *Swīt, borrowed from Latin Suittes.[1]
Cognate with German Schweiz and Luxembourgish Schwäiz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃvaɪ̯t͡s/
- Rhymes: -aɪ̯t͡s
- Hyphenation: Schweiz
Proper noun
Schweiz f
- Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
- Sie wohne in de Schweiz.
- They live in Switzerland.
Declension
See also
- (countries of Europe) ëuropäisches Land; Belche, Deitschland, Eesterreich, England, Finnland, Frankreich, Griecheland, Italje/Italia, Luxemborrich, Nitterlande, Pole, Portugal, Russland, Schweiz, Spanje (Category: hrx:Countries in Europe)
References
- Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schweiz”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 148
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɧvɛjts/, [ʂvɛjːts]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛjts
Proper noun
Schweiz c (genitive Schweiz)
- Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
Related terms
- schweizare (“Swiss; Swiss person”)
- schweizisk (“Swiss; from Switzerland”)
- schweiziska (“Swiss; Swiss female”)
- schweizer- (“Swiss […] ”)
- schweizeri (“patisserie with alcohol serving”)
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