Switzerland

English

Etymology

Compound of Switzer +‎ -land, adopted in the 16th century from Early Modern German Schwytzerland (“land of the Swiss”). Noun sense refers to the state’s political neutrality in both World Wars.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪt.sə.lənd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈswɪt.sɚ.lənd/
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Proper noun

Switzerland's location

Switzerland

A country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).

Derived terms

Switzerland County

Related terms

Translations

sovereign country

Abkhaz: Швеицариа (Ŝvejcarja)
Adyghe: Швейцарие (Švejcarije)
Afrikaans: Switserland
Albanian: Zvicër f (indefinite), Zvicra (sq) f (definite)
Alsatian: Schwyz f
Amharic: ስዊዘርላንድ (səwizärland)
Arabic: سْوِيسْرَا f (swīsrā), سُوِيسْرَا f (suwīsrā)
Egyptian Arabic: سويسرا f

Hijazi Arabic: سويسرا f (swēsra, suwēsra)

Moroccan Arabic: سويسرا f

South Levantine Arabic: سويسرا f (swīsra)
Armenian: Շվեյցարիա (hy) (Šveycʿaria)
Aromanian: Ilvitii f, Ilvitie f (indefinite), Ilvitia f
Assamese: ছুইজাৰলেণ্ড (suizarlend)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܝܼܣܵܐ f (šwīsa)
Asturian: Suiza (ast) f
Azerbaijani: İsveçrə (az)
Bashkir: Швейцария (Şveytsariya)
Basque: Suitza (eu)
Belarusian: Швейца́рыя f (Švjejcáryja), Швайца́рыя f (Švajcáryja) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: সুইজারল্যান্ড (bn) (śuijarolênḍ)
Breton: Suis (br), Bro-Suis (br)
Bulgarian: Швейца́рия (bg) f (Švejcárija)
Burmese: ဆွစ်ဇာလန် (hcwacjalan)
Buryat: Швейцари (Švjejcari)
Carpathian Rusyn: Швейца́рія f (Švejcárija), Швайц m (Švajc)
Catalan: Suïssa (ca) f
Chechen: Швейцари (Šʷejcari)
Cherokee: ᏍᏫᏣᎳᏂ (switsalani)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 瑞士 (seoi⁶ si⁶)

Eastern Min: 瑞士 (Sôi-*sê̤ṳ)

Hakka: 瑞士 (Sui-sṳ)

Hokkien: 瑞士 (Sūi-sū)

Mandarin: 瑞士 (zh) (Ruìshì)

Wu: 瑞士 (⁶zoe-zy)
Chuvash: Швейцари (Švejtsari)
Czech: Švýcarsko (cs) n
Danish: Schweiz (da) n, Svejts (da) n
Dhivehi: ސުވިޒަލޭންޑު (suvizalēn̊ḍu)
Dutch: Zwitserland (nl) n
Dzongkha: སུའིཊ་ཛར་ལེན་ (su'iṭ dzar len)
Esperanto: Svislando (eo), Svisio, Svisujo
Estonian: Šveits (et)
Farefare: Suistẽŋa
Faroese: Sveis n
Finnish: Sveitsi (fi)
French: Suisse (fr) f
Friulian: Svuizare f
Gagauz: Elveţiya
Galician: Suíza (gl) f
Georgian: შვეიცარია (ka) (šveicaria)
German: Schweiz (de) f
Alemannic German: Schwyz f, Schwiiz f
Greek: Ελβετία (el) f (Elvetía)
Gujarati: સ્વિત્ઝરલેન્ડ (svitjharlenḍ)
Hausa: Suwizalan
Hawaiian: Kuikilani
Hebrew: שְׁוַיְץ / שְׁװַײץ (he) f (sh'váyts)
Hindi: स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड (hi) m (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ), स्विट्ज़रलैंड m (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ)
Hungarian: Svájc (hu)
Hunsrik: Schweiz f
Icelandic: Sviss (is) f
Ido: Suisia (io)
Indonesian: Swiss (id)
Interlingua: Suissa
Irish: an Eilvéis f
Italian: Svizzera (it) f
Japanese: スイス (ja) (Suisu), 瑞西 (ja) (スイス, Suisu) (obsolete)
Kabardian: Шуэцарэ (Šɛcarɛ)
Kannada: ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ (sviṭjarlyāṇḍ)
Kashubian: Szwajcarskô (csb) f
Kazakh: Швейцария (kk) (Şveisariä)
Khmer: ស្វីស (sviih)
Korean: 스위스 (ko) (Seuwiseu), 서서(瑞西) (ko) (Seoseo) (obsolete)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: Swîsre (ku), Swîs (ku)
Kyrgyz: Швейцария (ky) (Şveytsariya)
Lao: ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (lo) (sa wit sœ̄ lǣn), ສະວິດ (sa wit)
Latin: Helvētia f
Latvian: Šveice (lv) f
Lithuanian: Šveicarija (lt) f
Livonian: Šveits
Low German:
German Low German: Swiez (nds) f
Luxembourgish: Schwäiz (lb) f
Macedonian: Швајцарија (mk) f (Švajcarija)
Malagasy: Soisa
Malay: Switzerland (ms)
Malayalam: സ്വിറ്റ്സർലാന്റ് (sviṟṟsaṟlānṟŭ)
Maltese: Żvizzera f
Manx: Yn Elveeish f
Maori: Witirana, Huiterangi
Marathi: स्वित्झर्लंड (svitjharlaṇḍa)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Швейцар (Švejcar), Швейцарь (Švejcarʹ)

Mongolian: ᠱᠸᠢᠼᠠᠷ (šwicar)
Navajo: Swis bikéyah
Nepali: स्विट्जरल्यान्ड (sviṭjaralyānḍa)
Norman: Suisse f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Sveits (no) n

Nynorsk: Sveits (nn) n
Odia: ସୁଇଜରଲ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡ (suijôrôlyaṇḍô)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Свицєра f (Svicera) (modern)
Ossetian: Швейцари (Švejcari)
Pashto: سويس (ps) m (swis), سوټزرلېنډ m (sweṭzarlenḍ)
Persian:
Dari: سْوِیس (fa) (swīs), سُوِیس (fa) (suwīs)

Iranian Persian: سوئیس (fa) (su'is), سوییس (suyis), سُویس (fa) (sovis)
Polish: Szwajcaria (pl) f
Portuguese: Suíça (pt) f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: ਸਵਿਟਜ਼ਰਲੈਂਡ m (saviṭzaralaiṇḍ)
Romanian: Elveția (ro) f
Romansch: Svizra f
Russian: Швейца́рия (ru) f (Švejcárija)
Sanskrit: स्विट्झर्ल्याण्ड् (sviṭjharlyāṇḍ)
Saterland Frisian: Swaits
Scots: Swisserland
Scottish Gaelic: An Eilbheis f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Шва̏јцарска̄ f (Serbian), Шви̏царска̄ f (Bosnian, Croatian)

Roman: Švȁjcarskā f (Serbian), Švȉcarskā (sh) f (Bosnian, Croatian)
Sicilian: Sbìzzira f
Silesian: Szwajcaryjo f
Sinhalese: ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය (swiṭsarlantaya)
Slovak: Švajčiarsko (sk) n
Slovene: Švíca (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Šwicaŕska f, Šwicojska f
Spanish: Suiza (es) f
Swahili: Uswisi (sw)
Swedish: Schweiz (sv) n
Tagalog: Suwisa
Tajik: Швейтсария (tg) (Šveytsariya), Швейсария (Šveysariya)
Tamil: சுவிட்சர்லாந்து (cuviṭcarlāntu)
Tatar: Швейцария (Şweytsariyä)
Telugu: స్విట్జర్లాండ్ (sviṭjarlāṇḍ)
Thai: สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (th) (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn), สวิส (sà-wís)
Tibetan: སུད་སི (sud si)
Tigrinya: ስዊዘርላንድ (səwizärland)
Turkish: İsviçre (tr)
Turkmen: Şweýsariýa
Ukrainian: Швейца́рія (uk) f (Švejcárija)
Urdu: سْوِیٹْزَرْلَینْڈ m (svīṭzarlainḍ), سْوِیٹْزَر لَینْڈ m (svīṭzar lainḍ)
Uyghur: شۋېتسارىيە (shwëtsariye)
Uzbek: Shveysariya (uz)
Vietnamese: Thuỵ Sĩ (瑞士)
Volapük: Jveizän (vo)
Welsh: y Swistir (cy) m
West Frisian: Switserlân (fy)
Yiddish: שווייץ f (shveyts)
Yoruba: Switiṣilandi
Zhuang: Nyeiqswq

Noun

Switzerland (uncountable)

(figurative) A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.
I’m not getting involved in this argument. I’m Switzerland.