See also: schweiz.

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Etymology edit

From German Schweiz.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /svajˀts/, [ˈsʋɑjˀd̥s]

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Schweiz n

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

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German edit

Etymology edit

From Schwyz, the canton for which Switzerland is named.

Pronunciation edit

  • (Germany) IPA(key): /ʃvaɪ̯ts/
    (file)
  • (Austria) IPA(key): /ʃveɪ̯ts/
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die Schweiz f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Schweiz)

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

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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.

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Hunsrik edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle High German Swīz, from Proto-West Germanic *Swīt, borrowed from Latin Suittes.[1]

Cognate with German Schweiz and Luxembourgish Schwäiz.

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Schweiz f

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

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References edit

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

Swedish edit

Etymology edit

From German Schweiz.

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Schweiz c (genitive Schweiz)

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

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