Liechtenstein

English

Etymology

From German Liechtenstein, after the name of the ruling dynasty, which in turn derives its name from that of Liechtenstein Castle, which means “bright stone”, from liecht, an obsolete variant of licht (“light, bright”), + Stein (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪk.tən.staɪn/

• Audio (US)

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Proper noun

Liechtenstein

2. A country in Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein

Related terms

• Liechtensteiner

Translations

Principality of Liechtenstein

• Abkhaz: Лихтенштаин (Lixtʼenŝtʼajn)
• Acehnese: Liechtenstein
• Afrikaans: Liechtenstein
• Albanian: Lihtenshtajn m (indefinite), Lihtenshtajni (sq) m (definite)
• Alemannic German: Liachtaschta
• Amharic: ሊክተንስታይን (liktänsətayn)
• Arabic: لِيخْتَنْشْتَايْن‎ f (liḵtanštayn)
• Armenian: Լիխտենշտեյն (Lixtenšteyn)
• Azerbaijani: Lixtenşteyn (az)
• Bashkir: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenşteyn)
• Basque: Liechtenstein (eu)
• Bavarian: Liachtnstoa
• Belarusian: Ліхтэнштэ́йн m (Lixtenštéjn), Ліхтэншта́йн m (Lixtenštájn)
• Bengali: লিশ্টেনশ্টাইন (bn) (liśṭenśṭain)
• Breton: Liechtenstein
• Bulgarian: Ли́хтенщайн m (Líhtenštajn)
• Burmese: လစ်တန်စတိန်း (lactanca.tin:)
• Catalan: Liechtenstein (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列支敦士登 (zh) (Lièzhīdūnshìdēng), 列支敦斯登 (zh) (Lièzhīdūnsīdēng)

• Czech: Lichtenštejnsko (cs) n
• Danish: Liechtenstein (da) n
• Dutch: Liechtenstein (nl) n
• Esperanto: Liĥtenŝtejno (eo)
• Estonian: Liechtenstein (et)
• Faroese: Liktinstein n
• Finnish: Liechtenstein (fi)
• French: Liechtenstein (fr) m
• Galician: Liechtenstein (gl)
• Georgian: ლიხტენშტაინი (ka) (lixṭenšṭaini)
• German: Liechtenstein (de) n
• Greek: Λιχτενστάιν (el) n (Lichtenstáin)
• Hausa: Liechtenstein, Licansitan
• Hebrew: לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיין / לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיְן‎ (he) f (likhtenshtein)
• Hindi: लिख्टेंश्टाइन m (likhṭenśṭāin)
• Hungarian: Liechtenstein (hu)
• Icelandic: Liechtenstein (is)
• Ido: Liechtenstein (io)
• Indonesian: Liechtenstein (id)
• Interlingua: Liechtenstein
• Irish: Lichtinstéin
• Italian: Liechtenstein (it)
• Japanese: リヒテンシュタイン (ja) (Rihitenshutain)
• Kazakh: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenştein)
• Khmer: លិចតិនស្តាញ (km) (lɨctənstaañ)
• Korean: 리히텐슈타인 (ko) (Rihitensyutain)
• Kyrgyz: Лихтенштейн (Lihtenşteyn)
• Lao: ລຽດຕອງສະແຕນ (līat tǭng sa tǣn)
• Latin: Lichtenstenum n
• Latvian: Lihtenšteina f
• Lithuanian: Lichtenšteinas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Лихтенштајн m (Lihtenštajn)
• Malay: Liechtenstein
• Malayalam: ലിക്റ്റൻ‌സ്റ്റൈൻ (likṟṟaṉ‌sṟṟaiṉ)
• Maltese: Liechtenstein (mt)
• Maori: Rīkeneteina, Rīkeneteina, Rikitaina
• Mingrelian: ლიხტენშტაინი (lixṭenšṭaini)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Лихтенштайн (Lixtenštajn), Лихтенштейн (mn) (Lixtenštejn)

• Navajo: Łííhtensain
• Norman: Liechtenstein m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Liechtenstein (no) n

  Nynorsk: Liechtenstein (nn) n

• Persian: لیختن‌اشتاین‎ (lixtene-štâyn)
• Polish: Liechtenstein (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Liechtenstein (pt) m, Listenstaine (pt) m
• Rhine Franconian: Lichdeschdää
• Romanian: Liechtenstein (ro) n
• Russian: Лихтенште́йн (ru) m (Lixtɛnštɛ́jn), Лихтеншта́йн (ru) m (Lixtɛnštájn) (less common)
• Rusyn: Ліхтенштайньско n (Lixtenštajnʹsko), Лихтенштайн m (Lyxtenštajn)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ли̏хтенштајн m

  Roman: Lȉhtenštajn (sh) m

• Shan: မိူင်းလိၵ်ႈတိၼ်ႇသတၢႆႇ (móeng līk tìn sǎ tàai)
• Silesian: Liechtenstein m
• Sinhalese: ලීච්ටන්ස්ටෙයින් (līcṭansṭeyin)
• Slovak: Lichtenštajnsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Lihtenštajn m
• Spanish: Liechtenstein (es) m
• Swedish: Liechtenstein (sv) n
• Tagalog: Litstenstayn
• Tajik: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenšteyn)
• Tamil: லீக்கின்ஸ்டைன் (līkkiṉsṭaiṉ)
• Tatar: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenşteyn)
• Telugu: లైచెన్‌స్టెయిన్ (te) (laicen‌sṭeyin)
• Thai: ลิกเตนสไตน์ (th) (lík-dtêen-sà-dtaai)
• Tibetan: ལི་ཆེ་ཏན་སཏིན (li che tan stin)
• Turkish: Lihtenştayn (tr)
• Turkmen: Lihtenşteýn
• Ukrainian: Ліхтенште́йн (uk) m (Lixtenštéjn), Ліхтеншта́йн m (Lixtenštájn)
• Urdu: لکٹنسٹائن‎ m (likṭensṭā'in)
• Uyghur: لىختېنشتېين‎ (lixtënshtëyn)
• Uzbek: Lixtenshteyn (uz)
• Vietnamese: Lich-ten-xtên, Lích-ten-xtanh
• Volapük: Ligtänstän (vo)
• West Frisian: Lychtenstein
• Yiddish: ליכטנשטיין‎ n (likhtnshteyn)
• Yoruba: Lẹṣitẹnisiteni

Adjective

Liechtenstein (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Liechtenstein.
2. Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

Translations

of or pertaining to Liechtenstein

• French: liechtensteinois (fr)
• German: liechtensteinisch (de)
• Czech: lichtenštejnský (cs)
• Italian: liechtensteiniano
• Portuguese: liechtensteinense, liechtensteiniense, liechtensteiniano (pt)
• Russian: лихтенште́йнский (ru) (lixtɛnštɛ́jnskij)
• Spanish: liechtensteiniano (es)
• Ukrainian: ліхтенште́йнський (lixtenštéjnsʹkyj)

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Acehnese

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a country in Western Europe)

Derived terms

• Liechtensteiner

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a country in Europe)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Liechtenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlix.tə(n)ˌstɛi̯n/, /ˈlix.tə(n)ˌstɑi̯n/

• Audio (Netherlands)

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• Hyphenation: Liech‧ten‧stein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein n

1. Liechtenstein

Derived terms

• Liechtensteiner
• Liechtensteins

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lˈihtenʃtˈɑi̯n/

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein

Declension

Declension of Liechtenstein (type riik)

	singular	plural
nominative	Liechtenstein	Liechtensteinid
genitive	Liechtensteini	Liechtensteinide
partitive	Liechtensteini	Liechtensteine / Liechtensteinisid
illative	Liechtensteini / Liechtensteinisse	Liechtensteinidesse / Liechtensteinesse
inessive	Liechtensteinis	Liechtensteinides / Liechtensteines
elative	Liechtensteinist	Liechtensteinidest / Liechtensteinest
allative	Liechtensteinile	Liechtensteinidele / Liechtensteinele
adessive	Liechtensteinil	Liechtensteinidel / Liechtensteinel
ablative	Liechtensteinilt	Liechtensteinidelt / Liechtensteinelt
translative	Liechtensteiniks	Liechtensteinideks / Liechtensteineks
terminative	Liechtensteinini	Liechtensteinideni
essive	Liechtensteinina	Liechtensteinidena
abessive	Liechtensteinita	Liechtensteinideta
comitative	Liechtensteiniga	Liechtensteinidega

Finnish

Etymology

From German Liechtenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlihtenstɑi̯n/, [ˈliçt̪e̞ns̠tɑ̝i̯n]
• Syllabification^(key): Liech‧tens‧tein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein

Declension

Inflection of Liechtenstein (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Liechtenstein	—
genitive		Liechtensteinin	—
partitive		Liechtensteinia	—
illative		Liechtensteiniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Liechtenstein	—
accusative	nom.	Liechtenstein	—
	gen.	Liechtensteinin
genitive		Liechtensteinin	—
partitive		Liechtensteinia	—
inessive		Liechtensteinissa	—
elative		Liechtensteinista	—
illative		Liechtensteiniin	—
adessive		Liechtensteinilla	—
ablative		Liechtensteinilta	—
allative		Liechtensteinille	—
essive		Liechtensteinina	—
translative		Liechtensteiniksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Liechtensteinitta	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Liechtenstein (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteinini — accusative nom. Liechtensteinini — gen. Liechtensteinini genitive Liechtensteinini — partitive Liechtensteiniani — inessive Liechtensteinissani — elative Liechtensteinistani — illative Liechtensteiniini — adessive Liechtensteinillani — ablative Liechtensteiniltani — allative Liechtensteinilleni — essive Liechtensteininani — translative Liechtensteinikseni — instructive — — abessive Liechtensteinittani — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteinisi — accusative nom. Liechtensteinisi — gen. Liechtensteinisi genitive Liechtensteinisi — partitive Liechtensteiniasi — inessive Liechtensteinissasi — elative Liechtensteinistasi — illative Liechtensteiniisi — adessive Liechtensteinillasi — ablative Liechtensteiniltasi — allative Liechtensteinillesi — essive Liechtensteininasi — translative Liechtensteiniksesi — instructive — — abessive Liechtensteinittasi — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteinimme — accusative nom. Liechtensteinimme — gen. Liechtensteinimme genitive Liechtensteinimme — partitive Liechtensteiniamme — inessive Liechtensteinissamme — elative Liechtensteinistamme — illative Liechtensteiniimme — adessive Liechtensteinillamme — ablative Liechtensteiniltamme — allative Liechtensteinillemme — essive Liechtensteininamme — translative Liechtensteiniksemme — instructive — — abessive Liechtensteinittamme — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteininne — accusative nom. Liechtensteininne — gen. Liechtensteininne genitive Liechtensteininne — partitive Liechtensteinianne — inessive Liechtensteinissanne — elative Liechtensteinistanne — illative Liechtensteiniinne — adessive Liechtensteinillanne — ablative Liechtensteiniltanne — allative Liechtensteinillenne — essive Liechtensteininanne — translative Liechtensteiniksenne — instructive — — abessive Liechtensteinittanne — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteininsa — accusative nom. Liechtensteininsa — gen. Liechtensteininsa genitive Liechtensteininsa — partitive Liechtensteiniaan Liechtensteiniansa — inessive Liechtensteinissaan Liechtensteinissansa — elative Liechtensteinistaan Liechtensteinistansa — illative Liechtensteiniinsa — adessive Liechtensteinillaan Liechtensteinillansa — ablative Liechtensteiniltaan Liechtensteiniltansa — allative Liechtensteinilleen Liechtensteinillensa — essive Liechtensteininaan Liechtensteininansa — translative Liechtensteinikseen Liechtensteiniksensa — instructive — — abessive Liechtensteinittaan Liechtensteinittansa — comitative — —

Derived terms

• liechtensteinilainen

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Liechtenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liʃ.tənʃ.tajn/

• Audio

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• Audio (Switzerland)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Liech‧ten‧stein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein

Derived terms

• Liechtensteinois
• Liechtensteinoise

See also

• (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Europe)}

Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein

German

Alternative forms

• Lichtenstein (now uncommon)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪçtənˌʃtaɪ̯n/ (standard)

  • Audio

    (file)

• IPA^(key): /ˈliːçtənˌʃtaɪ̯n/ (spelling pronunciation; sometimes heard, but proscribed)

Proper noun

Liechtenstein n (proper noun, genitive Liechtensteins or (optionally with an article) Liechtenstein)

1. Liechtenstein (a country in Central Europe; official name: Fürstentum Liechtenstein)

Derived terms

• Liechtensteiner
• liechtensteinisch

Further reading

• “Liechtenstein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlixtɛnʃtɛjn]
• Rhymes: -ɛjn
• Hyphenation: Liech‧tens‧tein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a country in Western Europe)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Liechtenstein	—
accusative	Liechtensteint	—
dative	Liechtensteinnek	—
instrumental	Liechtensteinnel	—
causal-final	Liechtensteinért	—
translative	Liechtensteinné	—
terminative	Liechtensteinig	—
essive-formal	Liechtensteinként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Liechtensteinben	—
superessive	Liechtensteinen	—
adessive	Liechtensteinnél	—
illative	Liechtensteinbe	—
sublative	Liechtensteinre	—
allative	Liechtensteinhez	—
elative	Liechtensteinből	—
delative	Liechtensteinről	—
ablative	Liechtensteintől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Liechtensteiné	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Liechtensteinéi	—

Possessive forms of Liechtenstein
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Liechtensteinem	—
2nd person sing.	Liechtensteined	—
3rd person sing.	Liechtensteine Liechtensteinje	—
1st person plural	Liechtensteinünk	—
2nd person plural	Liechtensteinetek	—
3rd person plural	Liechtensteinük Liechtensteinjük	—

Derived terms

• liechtensteini

 

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /likˈtɛn.stai̯n/, /likˈtɛn.ʃtai̯n/

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lik.tenˈstajn/, /lix.tenˈstajn/
• Rhymes: -ajn

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein (a country in Central Europe)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein

Related terms

• liechtensteiner
• liechtensteinsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein

Related terms

• liechtensteinar
• liechtensteinsk

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Liechtenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlix.tɛnˌʂtajn/

• Audio 1

  (file)

• Audio 2

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnʂtajn
• Syllabification: Liech‧ten‧stein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m inan

1. Liechtenstein (a country in Central Europe; capital: Vaduz)

Declension

Declension of Liechtenstein

	singular
nominative	Liechtenstein
genitive	Liechtensteinu
dative	Liechtensteinowi
accusative	Liechtenstein
instrumental	Liechtensteinem
locative	Liechtensteinie
vocative	Liechtensteinie

Derived terms

• lichtensztajński
• Liechtensteinka
• Liechtensteińczyk
• liechtensteiński

 

Further reading

• Liechtenstein in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Liechtenstein in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Listenstaine (rare)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liʃ.tẽsˈtajn/ [liʃ.tẽsˈtaɪ̯n]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liʃ.tẽsˈtajn/ [liʃ.tẽsˈtaɪ̯n]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /liʃ.tẽʃˈtajn/ [liʃ.tẽʃˈtaɪ̯n]

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein (a country in central Europe)

Silesian

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein (a country in Western Europe)

   Synonym: Kśynstwo Liechtensteinu

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lixtensˈtain/ [lix.t̪ẽnsˈt̪ãĩn]
• Rhymes: -ain
• Syllabification: Liech‧tens‧tein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein ?

1. Liechtenstein

Swedish

Proper noun

Liechtenstein n (genitive Liechtensteins)

1. Liechtenstein