Schweiz

See also: schweiz.

Danish

Etymology

From German Schweiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /svajˀts/, [ˈsʋɑjˀd̥s]

Proper noun

Schweiz n

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)

Alternative forms

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)

  1. 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.

See also

Further reading

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

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
    Sie wohne in de Schweiz.
    They live in Switzerland.

Declension

Derived terms

nouns

See also

References

  1. Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Schweiz”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português [Riograndenser Hunsrickisch–Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), 3 edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 148

Swedish

Etymology

From German Schweiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɧvɛjts/, [ʂvɛjːts]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛjts

Proper noun

Schweiz c (genitive Schweiz)

  1. Switzerland (a country in Western Europe and Central Europe)
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