Liechtenstein

English Etymology en :bor de:Liechtenstein 1 en de Liechtenstein, from de liecht, an obsolete variant of de licht light, bright, + de Stein stone, literally meaning bright stone. Named after the name of the ruling dynasty, which in turn derives its name from that of Liechtenstein Castle (Maria Enzersdorf) Liechtenstein Castle. Pronunciation en /ˈlɪk.tən.staɪn/ UK,US lĭch′tənshtīn′Liechtenstein 1051 3 Liechtenstein (lĭch′tu̇nshtīn″), en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-Liechtenstein.wav UK en en-us-Liechtenstein.ogg US Proper noun en Q347 en microstate r/Central Europe Vaduz Principality of Liechtenstein. en 1812 w:Jedidiah Morse GERMANY. The American Universal Geography, or, A View of the Present State of all the Kingdoms, States, and Colonies in the Known World Boston Thomas & Andrews II https://archive.org/details/americanuniversa02mors/ 6th 309 https://archive.org/details/americanuniversa02mors/page/309/ The principality of Liechtenstein, containing the lordship of Vadutz and Schellenburg, lies on the Rhine, before its entrance into the lake of Constance. Square miles 54; inhabitants 5100; revenue 40,000 guilders; contingent 40 men. Derived terms en Liechtensteinian Related terms en Liechtensteiner Translations Q347 microstate in Central Europe Abkhaz: ab Лихтенштаин Acehnese: ace Liechtenstein Afrikaans: af Liechtenstein Albanian: sq Lihtenshtajn m indefinite, sq Lihtenshtajni m definite Amharic: am ሊክተንስታይን Arabic: ar لِيخْتَنْشْتَايْن f Armenian: hy Լիխտենշտեյն Asturian: ast Liechtenstein Azerbaijani: az Lixtenşteyn Bashkir: ba Лихтенштейн Basque: eu Liechtenstein Belarusian: be Ліхтэнштэ́йн m, be Ліхтэншта́йн m Bengali: bn লিশ্টেনশ্টাইন Breton: br Liechtenstein Bulgarian: bg Ли́хтенщайн m Burmese: my လစ်တန်စတိန်း Carpathian Rusyn: rue Ліхтенштайньско n, rue Лихтенштайн m Catalan: ca Liechtenstein Chinese: Cantonese: yue 列支敦士登 Mandarin: cmn 列支敦士登 Mainland China, cmn 列支敦斯登 Taiwan Czech: cs Lichtenštejnsko n Danish: da Liechtenstein Dutch: nl Liechtenstein n Esperanto: eo Liĥtenŝtejno Estonian: et Liechtenstein Faroese: fo Liktinstein n Finnish: fi Liechtenstein French: fr Liechtenstein m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Lychtenstein n Galician: gl Liechtenstein Georgian: ka ლიხტენშტაინი German: de Liechtenstein n Alemannic German: gsw Liachtaschta Bavarian: bar Liachtnstoa Rhine Franconian: gmw-rfr Lichdeschdää Greek: el Λιχτενστάιν n Hausa: ha Liechtenstein, ha Licansitan Hebrew: he ליכטנשטיין f likhtenshtein לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיין / לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיְן Hindi: hi लिख्टेंश्टाइन m Hungarian: hu Liechtenstein Icelandic: is Liechtenstein Ido: io Liechtenstein Indonesian: id Liechtenstein Interlingua: ia Liechtenstein Irish: ga Lichtinstéin Italian: it Liechtenstein m Japanese: ja リヒテンシュタイン Rihitenshutain Kannada: kn ಲೀಚ್ಟೆನ್ಸ್ಟೀನ್ Kashubian: csb Liechtenstein m Kazakh: kk Лихтенштейн Khmer: km លិចតិនស្តាញ Korean: ko ^리히텐슈타인 Kyrgyz: ky Лихтенштейн Lao: lo ລຽດຕອງສະແຕນ, lo ເລັກເຕນສະເຕນ Latin: la Lichtenstenum n Latvian: lv Lihtenšteina f Lithuanian: lt Lichtenšteinas m Macedonian: mk Лихтенштајн m Malay: ms Liechtenstein Malayalam: ml ലിക്റ്റൻ‌സ്റ്റൈൻ Maltese: mt Liechtenstein Māori: mi Rīkeneteina, mi Rīkeneteina, mi Rikitaina Mingrelian: xmf ლიხტენშტაინი Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Лихтенштайн, mn Лихтенштейн Navajo: nv Łííhtensain Norman: nrf Liechtenstein m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Liechtenstein Nynorsk: nn Liechtenstein n Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira لیخْتِن‌اِشْتایْن Polish: pl Liechtenstein m-in Portuguese: pt Liechtenstein m, pt Listenstaine m Romanian: ro Liechtenstein n Russian: ru Лихтенште́йн m Lixtɛnštɛ́jn, ru Лихтеншта́йн m Lixtɛnštájn less common Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Ли̏хтенштајн m Latin: sh Lȉhtenštajn m Shan: shn မိူင်းလိၵ်ႈတိၼ်ႇသတၢႆႇ Silesian: szl Liechtenstein m Sinhalese: si ලීච්ටන්ස්ටෙයින් Slovak: sk Lichtenštajnsko n Slovene: sl Lihtenštajn m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Liechtensteinska f Upper Sorbian: hsb Liechtenstein m Spanish: es Liechtenstein m Swedish: sv Liechtenstein n Tagalog: tl Litstenstayn Tajik: tg Лихтенштейн Tamil: ta லீக்கின்ஸ்டைன், ta லீக்டன்ஸ்டைன் Tatar: tt Лихтенштейн Telugu: te లైచెన్‌స్టెయిన్ Thai: th ลิกเตนสไตน์, th ลีชเทินชไตน์ Tibetan: bo ལི་ཆེ་ཏན་སཏིན Turkish: tr Lihtenştayn Turkmen: tk Lihtenşteýn Ukrainian: uk Ліхтенште́йн m, uk Ліхтеншта́йн m Urdu: ur لِخْٹِنْشْٹائِن m, ur لِکْٹِنْسْٹائِن m Uyghur: ug لىختېنشتېين Uzbek: uz Lixtenshteyn Vietnamese: vi Lich-ten-xtên, vi Lích-ten-xtanh Volapük: vo Ligtänstän Yiddish: yi ליכטנשטיין n Yoruba: yo Lẹṣitẹnisiteni Adjective - Of or relating to Liechtenstein. en Of or relating to the people or culture of Liechtenstein. en Translations of or relating to Liechtenstein Afrikaans: af Liechtensteins Basque: eu liechtensteindar Bulgarian: bg лихтенщайнски Czech: cs lichtenštejnský Faroese: fo liktinsteinskur French: fr liechtensteinois German: de liechtensteinisch Hungarian: hu liechtensteini Italian: it liechtensteiniano Polish: pl liechtensteiński, pl lichtensztajński Portuguese: pt liechtensteinense, pt liechtensteiniense, pt liechtensteiniano Russian: ru лихтенште́йнский lixtɛnštɛ́jnskij Slovak: sk lichtenštajnský Spanish: es liechtensteiniano Turkish: tr Lihtenştaynlı Ukrainian: uk ліхтенште́йнський See also References Further reading en eponyms Acehnese ace: Etymology ace :bor de:Liechtenstein ace de Liechtenstein. Proper noun ace proper noun ace Liechtenstein Q347 ace eponyms Afrikaans af: Etymology af :bor de:Liechtenstein af de Liechtenstein. Proper noun af Liechtenstein Q347 Vaduz Derived terms af Liechtensteiner af Liechtensteins af eponyms Basque eu: Etymology eu :bor de:Liechtenstein + 1 Pronunciation Litxestain<audio:LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-Liechtenstein.wav> Proper noun in eu Liechtenstein Q347 Declension in.pr.topo Derived terms eu liechtensteindar See also Further reading 38 eu eponyms Central Nahuatl Etymology nhn :bor de:Liechtenstein nhn de Liechtenstein. Proper noun nhn proper noun nhn Liechtenstein Q347 nhn eponyms Danish da: Etymology da :bor de:Liechtenstein da de Liechtenstein. Proper noun da proper noun da Liechtenstein Q347 Declension da liechtensteiner liechtensteinsk See also da eponyms Dutch nl: Etymology nl :bor de:Liechtenstein nl de Liechtenstein. Pronunciation nl /ˈlix.tə(n)ˌstɛi̯n/ /ˈlix.tə(n)ˌstɑi̯n/ nl Nl-Liechtenstein.ogg Netherlands nl Liech ten stein Proper noun n Liechtensteins Liechtensteiner Liechtensteinse nl Liechtenstein Q347 See also nl eponyms Estonian et: Etymology et :bor de:Liechtenstein et de Liechtenstein. Pronunciation l´ihtenšt`ain Proper noun Liechtensteini Liechtensteini et Liechtenstein Q347 Declension Liechtenstei n n i sg See also References et eponyms Finnish fi: Etymology fi :bor de:Liechtenstein fi de Liechtenstein. Pronunciation lihtenstain Liech.tens.tein Proper noun fi Liechtenstein Q347 Declension sg Liechtenstein a 0 Derived terms fi liechtensteinilainen See also fi eponyms French fr: Etymology fr :bor de:Liechtenstein fr de Liechtenstein. Pronunciation fr /liʃ.tən.ʃtajn/ fr LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-Liechtenstein.wav <<France>> (<<Paris>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-Liechtenstein.wav <<Switzerland>> (<<Valais>>) fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Liechtenstein.wav France fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-Liechtenstein.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>) fr Liech ten stein Proper noun m fr Liechtenstein Q347 Derived terms fr Liechtensteinois Liechtensteinoise See also fr eponyms Galician gl: Etymology gl :ubor de:Liechtenstein + Pronunciation gl Gl-Liechtenstein.ogg Proper noun m gl Liechtenstein Q347 gl eponyms German de :af licht<alt:liecht><t:light> Stein<t:stone> de: Alternative forms de Lichtenstein now uncommon Pronunciation de /ˈlɪç.tənˌʃtaɪ̯n/ standard de De-Liechtenstein.ogg de /ˈliːç.tənˌʃtaɪ̯n/ spelling pronunciation,proscribed Proper noun toponym de Liechtenstein Q347 Fürstentum Liechtenstein Vaduz Derived terms de Fürstentum Liechtenstein Liechtenstein-Kleinwühlmaus<t:Microtus liechtensteini species> Liechtensteiner liechtensteinisch Descendants ja 1 リヒテンシュタイン Rihitenshutain nb Liechtenstein 1 See also Further reading de eponyms Hungarian hu: Etymology hu :bor de:Liechtenstein hu de Liechtenstein. Pronunciation lihtenstejn hu ɛjn 3 hu Liech tens tein Proper noun hu proper noun hu Liechtenstein Q347 Liechtensteini Hercegség,Liechtensteini Fejedelemség Declension Liechtensteine e - sgLiechtenstein ei y sg Derived terms hu liechtensteini See also hu eponyms Ido io: Etymology io :bor de:Liechtenstein io de Liechtenstein. Pronunciation io /likˈtɛn.stai̯n/ /likˈtɛn.ʃtai̯n/ Proper noun io proper noun io Liechtenstein Q347 See also io eponyms Italian it: Etymology it :bor de:Liechtenstein it de Liechtenstein. Pronunciation Lictenstàin,Li[x]tenstàin<r:DiPI> Proper noun m it Liechtenstein Q347 See also References it eponyms Norwegian Bokmål no:Liechtenstein thumb|The flag of Liechtenstein flying in Vaduz. thumb|The location of Liechtenstein in Europe. Etymology nb de Liechtenstein. The country was named after the princely House of Liechtenstein, which acquired the territories of Schellenberg and Vaduz; these were united and elevated to the Principality of Liechtenstein in 1719. The family took its name from Liechtenstein Castle in Lower Austria. The castle name is traditionally interpreted as literally “bright stone”, from Middle High German gmh lieht light, bright and gmh stein stone. The first documented member of the family to bear the name was Hugo von Liechtenstein, mentioned between 1120 and 1143. Parallel borrowings include nn Liechtenstein, da Liechtenstein, sv Liechtenstein, nl Liechtenstein, fi Liechtenstein and fr Liechtenstein. Pronunciation nb /¹ˈliç.tənˌʃtaɪn/ [ˈlɪ̀ç.tn̩ˌʃtaɪ̌n] nb içtənʃtaɪn 3 nb Liech ten stein Proper noun nb proper noun Liechtenstein; nb country cont/Europe, between Switzerland and Austria, with Vaduz as its capital. nb Vaduz er hovedstaden i Liechtenstein. Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein. nb 25 June 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen; Sten Lundbo Liechtenstein Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Liechtenstein Liechtenstein er et land i Alpene i Sentral-Europa, mellom Sveits i vest og sør og Østerrike i øst og nord. Liechtenstein is a country in the Alps in Central Europe, between Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east and north. https://web.archive.org/web/20260805200359/https://snl.no/Liechtenstein 5 August 2026 Usage notes The official Norwegian long-form name is Fyrstedømmet Liechtenstein (“the Principality of Liechtenstein”). Derived terms nb liechtensteiner Liechtensteiner; person from Liechtenstein nb liechtensteinsk Liechtenstein; relating to Liechtenstein See also References 25 June 2026 Nils Petter Thuesen; Sten Lundbo Liechtenstein Store norske leksikon https://snl.no/Liechtenstein 2 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260805200359/https://snl.no/Liechtenstein 5 August 2026 History of the Family and the Collections LIECHTENSTEIN. The Princely Collections, Vaduz–Vienna https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/history/history-of-the-family-and-the-collections 2 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260802234401/https://www.liechtensteincollections.at/en/history/history-of-the-family-and-the-collections 2 August 2026 Land Norge har diplomatiske forbindelser med Regjeringen.no https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 2 August 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260929013054/https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dep/ud/dep/diplomatiske-forbindelser-og-protokoll/norske-utenriksstasjoner/id2991088/ 29 September 2026 nb eponyms Norwegian Nynorsk nn: Etymology nn :bor de:Liechtenstein nn de Liechtenstein. Proper noun nn proper noun nn Liechtenstein Q347 Related terms nn liechtensteinar liechtensteinsk nn eponyms Polish pl: Etymology pl :ubor de:Liechtenstein + Pronunciation 'Lich.ten"sztajn Pl-Lichtenstein.ogg;Pl-Liechtenstein.ogg Liech.ten.stein Proper noun m-in pl Liechtenstein Q347 Declension s Derived terms pl Liechtensteińczyk Liechtensteinka liechtensteiński lichtensztajński See also Further reading pl eponyms Portuguese pt: Alternative forms pt Listenstaine Etymology pt :ubor de:Liechtenstein + Pronunciation Listenstaine Proper noun m pt Liechtenstein Q347 Principado de Liechtenstein<q:Brazil>,Principado do Liechtenstein<q:Portugal> Vaduz Derived terms pt liechtensteinense liechtensteiniano liechtensteiniense liechtensteinês See also pt eponyms Romanian ro: Etymology ro :bor de:Liechtenstein + 1 Pronunciation ro /lih.tenˈʃtajn/ ro LL-Q7913 (ron)-KlaudiuMihaila-Liechtenstein.wav Proper noun n ro Liechtenstein Q347 Declension sg See also ro eponyms Silesian szl: Etymology szl :ubor de:Liechtenstein + Proper noun m-in szl Liechtenstein Q347 Kśynstwo Liechtensteinu szl eponyms Spanish es: Etymology es :ubor de:Liechtenstein + 1 Pronunciation lijtenstáin lijtenshtáin + Proper noun es Liechtenstein Q347 See also es eponyms Swedish sv: Etymology sv :bor de:Liechtenstein sv de Liechtenstein. Pronunciation sv /ˈlɪɧtɛnstajn/ sv [lɪʂ-] Some Northern and Central Swedish speakers sv [lɪç-] [-ʃtajn] Sometimes sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Liechtenstein.wav Proper noun n sv Liechtenstein Q347 Related terms sv liechtensteinare liechtensteinsk liechtensteinska See also Further reading 12 sv eponyms Welsh cy: Etymology cy :bor de:Liechtenstein cy de Liechtenstein. Proper noun m cy Liechtenstein Q347 See also cy eponyms