German noun, feminine · CEFR A1
die Schweiz
Meaning in English: Switzerland
Example
Im Sommer fahren wir in die Schweiz.
In summer we're going to Switzerland.
Der, die or das?
Schweiz is feminine: die Schweiz. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Schweiz?
Schweiz is number 1,102 of the 5,000 most common German words. In the texts the list is counted from it appears 82 times per million words — about once every 12,000 words.
Know every word down to this one and you recognise about 65% of the words in an ordinary German text. A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
Next to it in the frequency list
- 1,098versuchttried
- 1,099der Berichtreport
- 1,100der Auftragorder, assignment, task
- 1,101ließlet, left, had (done)
- 1,102die SchweizSwitzerland
- 1,103niemandnobody, no one
- 1,104schreibtwrites
- 1,105der Vaterfather
- 1,106die Bühnestage
In these word lists
- The 5,000 most common German words#1,102
- The most common German nouns#387
- German A1 vocabulary#377
- The most common German feminine nouns (die)#133
Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.