Meanings
- A country in Western Europe and Central Europe. Official name: Swiss Confederation. Capital: Bern (de facto).
Much of Switzerland is located in the Alps.
2 more examples
While the move has, for now, calmed fears of a repeat of a 2008-style domino effect, the merger has left Switzerland with a new megabank on Paradeplatz square.
2023 March 22, Philip Oltermann, “Switzerland’s national pride dealt heavy blow by the merger of its banking titans”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 31 Mar 2023“There is strong evidence that 76 known or potential breast carcinogens from food contact materials recently purchased all over the world can be found in people,” said study coauthor Jane Muncke, managing director and chief scientific officer at the Food Packaging Forum, a nonprofit foundation based in Zurich, Switzerland, that focuses on science communication and research.
2024 September 24, Sandee LaMotte, “Chemicals linked to breast cancer leach into our foods, study finds”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2024
- figurativelyuncountableA neutral party in a dispute; one who does not take sides.
I’m not getting involved in this argument. I’m Switzerland.
Origin
- GermanSchwytzerland“land of the Swiss”
- EnglishSwitzerland
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.
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Afrikaans Switserland
- Switserlandsovereign country
Arabic سُوِيسْرَا
- سُوِيسْرَا (suwīsrā)sovereign country
Basque Suitza
- Suitzasovereign country
Bengali সুইজারল্যান্ড
- সুইজারল্যান্ড (śuijarolênḍ)sovereign country
Bulgarian Швейца́рия
- Швейца́рия (Švejcárija)sovereign country
Catalan Suïssa
- Suïssasovereign country
Chinese Cantonese 瑞士
- 瑞士 (seoi⁶ si⁶)sovereign country
Chinese Mandarin 瑞士
- 瑞士 (Ruìshì)sovereign country
Czech Švýcarsko
- Švýcarskosovereign country
Danish Schweiz, Svejts
- Schweizsovereign country
- Svejtssovereign country
Dutch Zwitserland
- Zwitserlandsovereign country
Esperanto Svislando, Svisio
- Svislandosovereign country
- Svisiosovereign country
- Svisujosovereign country
Estonian Šveits
- Šveitssovereign country
Finnish Sveitsi
- Sveitsisovereign country
French Suisse
- Suissesovereign country
German Schweiz
- Schweizsovereign country
Greek Ελβετία
- Ελβετία (Elvetía)sovereign country
Hawaiian Kuikilani
- Kuikilanisovereign country
Hebrew שְׁוַיְץ, שְׁוֵיצָרִִיָּה
- שְׁוַיְץ (sh'váyts)sovereign country
- שְׁוֵיצָרִִיָּה (shvētzaría)sovereign country
Hindi स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड, स्विट्ज़रलैंड
- स्विट्ज़रलैण्ड (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ)sovereign country
- स्विट्ज़रलैंड (sviṭzarlaiṇḍ)sovereign country
Hungarian Svájc
- Svájcsovereign country
Icelandic Sviss
- Svisssovereign country
Indonesian Swiss
- Swisssovereign country
Irish an Eilvéis
- an Eilvéissovereign country
Italian Svizzera
- Svizzerasovereign country
Japanese スイス, 瑞西
- スイス (Suisu)sovereign country
- 瑞西 (Suisu)sovereign country
Korean 스위스, 서서
- 스위스 (Seuwiseu)sovereign country
- 서서 (Seoseo)sovereign country
Latin Helvētia
- Helvētiasovereign country
Latvian Šveice
- Šveicesovereign country
Lithuanian Šveicarija
- Šveicarijasovereign country
Malay Switzerland
- Switzerlandsovereign country
Māori Witirana, Huiterangi
- Witiranasovereign country
- Huiterangisovereign country
Norwegian Bokmål Sveits
- Sveitssovereign country
Polish Szwajcaria
- Szwajcariasovereign country
Portuguese Suíça
- Suíçasovereign country
Punjabi ਸਵਿਟਜ਼ਰਲੈਂਡ
- ਸਵਿਟਜ਼ਰਲੈਂਡ (saviṭzaralaiṇḍ)sovereign country
Romanian Elveția
- Elvețiasovereign country
Russian Швейца́рия
- Швейца́рия (Švejcárija)sovereign country
Scottish Gaelic An Eilbheis
- An Eilbheissovereign country
Slovak Švajčiarsko
- Švajčiarskosovereign country
Spanish Suiza
- Suizasovereign country
Swahili Uswisi
- Uswisisovereign country
Swedish Schweiz
- Schweizsovereign country
Tagalog Suwisa
- Suwisasovereign country
Tamil சுவிட்சர்லாந்து
- சுவிட்சர்லாந்து (cuviṭcarlāntu)sovereign country
Thai สวิตเซอร์แลนด์, สวิส
- สวิตเซอร์แลนด์ (sà-wít-səə-lɛɛn)sovereign country
- สวิส (sà-wís)sovereign country
Turkish İsviçre
- İsviçresovereign country
Ukrainian Швейца́рія
- Швейца́рія (Švejcárija)sovereign country
Urdu سْوِیٹْزَرْلَینْڈ, سْوِیٹْزَر لَینْڈ
- سْوِیٹْزَرْلَینْڈ (svīṭzarlainḍ)sovereign country
- سْوِیٹْزَر لَینْڈ (svīṭzar lainḍ)sovereign country
Vietnamese Thuỵ Sĩ
- Thuỵ Sĩsovereign country
Welsh y Swistir
- y Swistirsovereign country
Yiddish שווייץ
- שווייץ (shveyts)sovereign country
Cite this entry
Switzerland. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Switzerland
“Switzerland.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Switzerland. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Switzerland,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Switzerland.
Source: Switzerland on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.