Meanings
nounSwissness (uncountable)
- uncountableThe quality of being Swiss.
Now the banking sector’s reputation has been tainted, fears are that “Swissness” as a whole could lose its value-enhancing shine.
2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
Translations
Finnish sveitsiläisyys
- sveitsiläisyysquality of being Swiss
French helvéticité, suisseté
- helvéticitéquality of being Swiss
- suissetéquality of being Swiss
- suissitudequality of being Swiss
German Swissness, Schweizheit
- Swissnessquality of being Swiss
- Schweizheitquality of being Swiss
- Schweizertumquality of being Swiss
Italian elveticità, svizzerità
- elveticitàquality of being Swiss
- svizzeritàquality of being Swiss
Polish szwajcarskość
- szwajcarskośćquality of being Swiss
Russian швейца́рскость
- швейца́рскость (švejcárskostʹ)quality of being Swiss
Swedish schweiziskhet
- schweiziskhetquality of being Swiss
Cite this entry
APA
Swissness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swissness
MLA
“Swissness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swissness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Swissness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Swissness.
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