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English
Etymology Adopted from Middle French Suisse Switzer German
Pronunciation
Adjective Swiss (comparative more Swiss , superlative most Swiss )
Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
1911 James George Frazer , chapter V, in Taboo and the Perils of the Soul (The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; II), third edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 310 :The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.
Derived terms
Translations of or pertaining to Switzerland
Afrikaans: Switsers (af)
Albanian: zvicerian
Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ ( swīsriyy ) , سُوِيسْرِيّ ( suwīsriyy )
Armenian: շվեյցարական (hy) ( šveycʻarakan )
Asturian: suizu (ast)
Azerbaijani: isveçrəli
Belarusian: швейца́рскі ( švjejcárski ) , швайца́рскі ( švajcárski ) ( Taraškievica )
Bengali: সুইস ( śuiś )
Bulgarian: швейца́рски ( švejcárski )
Burmese: ဆွစ်ဇာလန် ( hcwacjalan )
Catalan: suís (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瑞士 (zh) ( Ruìshì )
Cornish: swiss
Czech: švýcarský (cs)
Danish: schweizisk
Dutch: Zwitsers (nl)
Esperanto: svislanda svisuja svisia
Estonian: sveitsi
Faroese: sveisiskur
Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
French: suisse (fr) , helvétique (fr)
Friulian: svuizar
Galician: suízo (gl)
Georgian: შვეიცარული ( šveicaruli ) , შვეიცარიული ( šveicariuli )
German: schweizerisch (de) , ( rare ) schweizländisch Schweizer (de)
Greek: ελβετικός (el) m ( elvetikós )
Hawaiian: Kuikilani
Hebrew: שְׁוֵיצָרִי ( shveitsári )
Hindi: स्विस ( svis )
Hungarian: svájci (hu)
Icelandic: svissneskur
Irish: Eilvéiseach
Italian: svizzero (it) , elvetico (it)
Japanese: スイスの (ja) ( Suisu no )
Kapampangan: Swisu
Kazakh: швейцариялық ( şveisariälyq )
Khmer: ស្វីស ( sviih )
Korean: 스위스의 (ko) ( seuwiseuui )
Kyrgyz: швейцариялык ( şveytsariyalık )
Lao: ສະວິດເຊີແລນ (lo) ( sa wit sœ̄ lǣn ) , ສະວິດ ( sa wit )
Latin: helvēticus
Latvian: šveiciešu šveicietis
Ligurian: svìsseo
Lithuanian: šveicarų šveicariškas
Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: швајцарски ( švajcarski )
Malay: Switzerland (ms)
Manx: Elveishagh
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: швейцар ( švejcar )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sveitsisk
Nynorsk: sveitsisk (nn)
Persian: سوئیسی (fa) ( su'isi ) , سویسی (fa) ( suvisi )
Polish: szwajcarski (pl)
Portuguese: suíço (pt) , helvético (pt)
Romanian: elvețian (ro)
Romansch: svizzer
Russian: швейца́рский (ru) ( švejcárskij )
Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шви̏царскӣ ( Bosnian, Croatian ) , швајцарски ( Serbian )
Roman: švȉcarskī (sh) ( Bosnian, Croatian ) , švajcarski (sh) ( Serbian )
Sicilian: sbìzziru erbèticu
Slovak: švajčiarsky (sk)
Slovene: švícarski (sl)
Spanish: suizo (es) , helvético (es)
Swedish: schweizisk (sv)
Tagalog: Swiso
Tajik: швейтсариягӣ ( šveytsariyagi )
Thai: สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (th) ( sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn ) , สวิส ( sà-wís )
Turkish: İsviçreli (tr)
Turkmen: şweýsariýaly
Ukrainian: швейца́рський ( švejcársʹkyj )
Urdu: سوئس ( su'is )
Uyghur: شىۋىتسارىيە ( shiwitsariye )
Uzbek: shveysariyalik (uz)
Vietnamese: Thụy Sĩ (vi)
Volapük: Jveizänik (vo)
Welsh: Swisaidd Swistirol
Yiddish: שווייצער ( shveytser )
Zhuang: Nyeiqswq
of or pertaining to the Swiss people
of or pertaining to Swiss language(s) or Swiss dialect(s)
See also
Noun Swiss (countable and uncountable plural Swisses or Swiss
( countable ) Switzerland or of Swiss descent.( uncountable ) Swiss cheese .
My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread.
Translations Swiss person
Afrikaans: Switser
Albanian: zvicerian m helvetas m
Arabic: سْوِيسْرِيّ m ( swīsriyy ) , سُوِيسْرِيّ m ( suwīsriyy ) , سْوِيسْرِيَّة f ( swīsriyya ) , سُوِيسْرِيَّة f ( suwīsriyya )
Armenian: շվեյցարացի ( šveycʻaracʻi )
Asturian: suizu (ast) m
Azerbaijani: isveçrəli
Belarusian: швейца́р m ( švjejcár ) , швейца́рац m ( švjejcárac ) , швейца́рка f ( švjejcárka )
Bulgarian: швейца́рец m ( švejcárec ) , швейца́рка f ( švejcárka )
Catalan: suís (ca) m suïssa (ca) f
Cherokee: ᎠᏍᏫᏏ ( aswisi )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 瑞士人 (zh) ( Ruìshìrén )
Czech: Švýcar (cs) m Švýcarka (cs) f
Danish: schweizer (da) c
Dutch: Zwitser (nl) m Zwitserse (nl) f
Esperanto: sviso m or f virsviso m svisino f
Estonian: sveitslane
Faroese: sveisari m
Finnish: sveitsiläinen (fi)
French: Suisse (fr) m Suissesse (fr) f
Galician: suízo (gl) m suíza f
Georgian: შვეიცარიელი (ka) ( šveicarieli )
German: Schweizer (de) m Schweizerin (de) f Alemannic German: Schwyzer m Schwyzerin f Schwiizer m Schwiizerin f Schwizer m Schwizerin f
Hungarian: svájci (hu)
Icelandic: Svisslendingur (is) m
Irish: Eilvéiseach m
Italian: svizzero (it) m svizzera (it) f
Japanese: スイス人 ( suisujin )
Kazakh: швейцариялық ( şveisariälyq )
Korean: 스위스인 ( seuwiseu'in ) , 스위스 사람 ( seuwiseu saram )
Kyrgyz: швейцариялык ( şveytsariyalık )
Latvian: šveicietis m šveiciete f
Lithuanian: šveicaras (lt) m šveicarė (lt) f
Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: Швајцарец m ( Švajcarec ) , Швајцарка f ( Švajcarka )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sveitser (no) m
Nynorsk: sveitsar (nn) m
Polish: Szwajcar (pl) m Szwajcarka (pl) f
Portuguese: suíço (pt) m suíça (pt) f
Romanian: elvețian (ro) m elvețiană (ro) f elvețiancă (ro) f
Russian: швейца́рец (ru) m ( švejcárec ) , швейца́рка (ru) f ( švejcárka )
Scottish Gaelic: Eilbheiseach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Швица́рац m Швѝца̄рка f Швајцарац m Швајцарка
Roman: Švicárac (sh) m Švìcārka f Švajcarac m Švajcarka f
Slovak: Švajčiar m Švajčiarka f
Slovene: Švícar (sl) m Švícarka f
Spanish: suizo (es) m suiza (es) f
Sranan Tongo: Swiska
Swahili: Mswisi (sw)
Swedish: schweizare (sv) c schweiziska (sv) c
Tajik: швейцариягӣ ( šveytsariyagi )
Turkish: İsviçreli (tr)
Ukrainian: швейца́рець m ( švejcárecʹ ) , швейца́рка f ( švejcárka )
Uzbek: shveysariyalik (uz)
Volapük: Jveizänan (vo) m or f hi-Jveizänan m ji-Jveizänan (vo) f
Welsh: Swisiad m or f
Proper noun Swiss
( nonstandard ) Swiss German ; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
Indonesian
Etymology From English Swiss French Suisse
Pronunciation
Proper noun Swiss
Switzerland Western Europe Central Europe
Adjective Swiss
Swiss
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