Definition
A country in Central Europe known for the Alps.
Translations
- English
- Switzerland
- Français
- Suisse
- Türkçe
- İsviçre
- Polski
- Szwajcaria
- Русский
- Швейцария
- Українська
- Швейцарія
GERMAN DICTIONARY
die Schweiz
- A1
- Noun
- Countries & Cultures
Switzerland
/diː ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡s/
Meaning and translations
Meaning, definition and translations of this sense.
Grammar & classification
Main grammatical and classification properties of the word.
- Article
- die
- Gender
- Feminine
- Plural
- —
- Part of speech
- Noun
- CEFR level
- A1
- Morphology
- Simple word
- Topics
- Countries & CulturesPrimary
Usage examples
Examples showing real usage and grammatical forms.
- Die Schweiz liegt in Europa.NominativSing.Switzerland is in Europe.
- Die Schweiz hat vier Landessprachen.NominativSing.Switzerland has four national languages.
- Ich fahre nächste Woche in die Schweiz.AkkusativSing.I am going to Switzerland next week.
- Wir besuchen die Schweiz im Sommer.AkkusativSing.We visit Switzerland in summer.
- In der Schweiz gibt es viele Berge.DativSing.There are many mountains in Switzerland.
- Sie kommt aus der Schweiz.DativSing.She comes from Switzerland.
- Die Hauptstadt der Schweiz ist Bern.GenitivSing.The capital of Switzerland is Bern.
Pronunciation and forms
Pronunciation and audio for the lemma and important forms.
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Lemma
Schweiz/ʃvaɪ̯t͡s/
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Article phrase
die Schweiz/diː ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡s/
Declension / Forms
How the noun changes across German cases and singular or plural.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | die Schweiz | — |
| Akkusativ | die Schweiz | — |
| Dativ | der Schweiz | — |
| Genitiv | der Schweiz | — |
Usage and collocations
Typical constructions, prepositions and word combinations.
- Prepositional constructionin der Schweizin + Dativ
- Prepositional constructionin die Schweiz fahrenin + Akkusativ
- Prepositional constructionaus der Schweizaus + Dativ
Semantic relations
How this meaning relates to other meanings and easily confused words.
No semantic relations have been added for this sense.
Word formation and word family
How the word is formed and its reviewed lexical family.
Formation typeSimple word