Meanings
- An iconic pyramidal mountain on the border of Switzerland and Italy.
- broadlySomething difficult to achieve or to surmount.
A second feature is the Matterhorn of inflation that dominates the scene. The average postwar recession showed a 1.4 per cent decline in industrial wholesale prices.
1970 August 14, Henry J. Taylor, “Where Do We Stand Now?”, in Prescott Evening Courier1 more example
Meanwhile, soaring oil prices and plummeting real energy yields from liquid fuels have already left economic carnage in their wake, as a fragile global financial system perched on a Matterhorn of debt has been dealt blow after blow by the failure of the real economy to expand as expected.
2012, Richard Heinberg, Hedge your Bets in the Peak Oil Debate
Origin
- GermanMatterhorn
- EnglishMatterhorn
Borrowed from German Matterhorn.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مَاتَّرْهُورْن
- مَاتَّرْهُورْن (mattarhorn)mountain
Bengali ম্যাটারহর্ন
- ম্যাটারহর্ন (mêṭarhorno)mountain
Bulgarian Ма́терхорн
- Ма́терхорн (Máterhorn)mountain
Catalan Cerví
- Cervímountain
Chinese Cantonese 馬特洪峰 /马特洪峰
- 馬特洪峰 /马特洪峰 (maa⁵ dak⁶ hung⁴ fung¹)mountain
Chinese Mandarin 馬特洪峰 /马特洪峰
- 馬特洪峰 /马特洪峰 (Mǎtèhóng fēng)mountain
Esperanto Materhorno
- Materhornomountain
French Cervin
- Cervinmountain
German Matterhorn
- Matterhornmountain
Greek Μάττερχορν, Τσερβίνο
- Μάττερχορν (Mátterchorn)mountain
- Τσερβίνο (Tservíno)mountain
Hebrew מטרהורן
- מטרהורןmountain
Irish an Mhatterhorn
- an Mhatterhornmountain
Italian Cervino
- Cervinomountain
Japanese マッターホルン
- マッターホルン (Mattāhorun)mountain
Korean 마터호른산
- 마터호른산 (Mateohoreunsan)mountain
Latvian Materhorns
- Materhornsmountain
Lithuanian Materhornas
- Materhornasmountain
Persian ماترهورن
- ماترهورنmountain
Russian Ма́ттерхорн
- Ма́ттерхорн (Mátterxorn)mountain
Spanish Cervino
- Cervinomountain
Thai มัทเทอร์ฮอร์น
- มัทเทอร์ฮอร์นmountain
Ukrainian Ма́тергорн
- Ма́тергорн (Máterhorn)mountain
Urdu میٹرہارن
- میٹرہارنmountain
Yiddish מאַטערהאָרן
- מאַטערהאָרן (materhorn)mountain
Cite this entry
Matterhorn. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matterhorn
“Matterhorn.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matterhorn. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Matterhorn,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Matterhorn.
Source: Matterhorn on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.