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/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Switzerland's location

Switzerland

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

   Much of Switzerland is located in the Alps.

Derived terms

• Switzerland County

Related terms

• Swiss
• Switzer

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) (Šveycʻaria)
• 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), Svejts (da) (dated)
• 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)
• Kapampangan: Suisa (Traditional), Swisa (Modern)
• 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 (suijaralyāṇḍa)
• 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), سوییس, سُویس (fa)

• 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, Suìzzira 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) c
• 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)

1. (figurative) A neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.

   I’m not getting involved in this argument. I’m Switzerland.

See also

• (countries of Europe) countries of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (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
• Countries of the world