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English
Etymology
From Swiss + -ness.
Noun
Swissness (uncountable)
- The quality of being Swiss.
2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:Now the banking sector’s reputation has been tainted, fears are that “Swissness” as a whole could lose its value-enhancing shine.
Translations
quality or state of being Swiss
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English Swissness.
Noun
Swissness f (genitive Swissness, no plural)
- Swissness
2011 October 13, Catalin Florescu, Martin Dean, “Welche Schweiz wir wollen”, in Die Zeit:Wie ein Werbetext über die eigenen Gedanken, so schieben sich die Hochglanzbilder der Reiseprospekte vor den eigenen Blick. Die Swissness ist die Übernahme eines fremden Blicks, um das Eigene zu adeln, weil dieses nicht mehr fraglos ist.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2014 February 20, Matthias Daum, “Schafft neue Bilder!”, in Die Zeit:Der Historiker Jakob Tanner sprach vom "neuen Wohlbehagen im Kleinstaat", doch mit merkantiler Swissness hatte das nichts mehr zu tun, es war schlicht und ergreifend Schweiztümelei.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension