Liechtenstein

English

Etymology

From German Liechtenstein, after the name of the ruling dynasty, which in turn derives its name from that of Liechtenstein Castle, which means “bright stone”, from liecht, an obsolete variant of licht (“light, bright”), + Stein (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈlɪk.tən.staɪn/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Liechtenstein

2. A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

Related terms

• Liechtensteiner

Translations

Principality of Liechtenstein

• Abkhaz: Лихтенштаин (Lixtʼenŝtʼajn)
• Acehnese: Liechtenstein
• Afrikaans: Liechtenstein
• Albanian: Lihtenshtajn m (indefinite), Lihtenshtajni (sq) m (definite)
• Alemannic German: Liachtaschta
• Amharic: ሊክተንስታይን (liktänsətayn)
• Arabic: لِيخْتَنْشْتَايْن f (liḵtanštayn)
• Armenian: Լիխտենշտեյն (Lixtenšteyn)
• Azerbaijani: Lixtenşteyn (az)
• Bashkir: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenşteyn)
• Basque: Liechtenstein (eu)
• Bavarian: Liachtnstoa
• Belarusian: Ліхтэнштэ́йн m (Lixtenštéjn), Ліхтэншта́йн m (Lixtenštájn)
• Bengali: লিশ্টেনশ্টাইন (bn) (liśṭenśṭain)
• Breton: Liechtenstein
• Bulgarian: Ли́хтенщайн m (Líhtenštajn)
• Burmese: လစ်တန်စတိန်း (lactanca.tin:)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Ліхтенштайньско n (Lixtenštajnʹsko), Лихтенштайн m (Lyxtenštajn)
• Catalan: Liechtenstein (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 列支敦士登 (lit⁶ zi¹ deon¹ si⁶ dang¹)

  Mandarin: 列支敦士登 (zh) (Lièzhīdūnshìdēng), 列支敦斯登 (zh) (Lièzhīdūnsīdēng)

• Czech: Lichtenštejnsko (cs) n
• Danish: Liechtenstein (da)
• Dutch: Liechtenstein (nl) n
• Esperanto: Liĥtenŝtejno (eo)
• Estonian: Liechtenstein (et)
• Faroese: Liktinstein n
• Finnish: Liechtenstein (fi)
• French: Liechtenstein (fr) m
• Galician: Liechtenstein (gl)
• Georgian: ლიხტენშტაინი (ka) (lixṭenšṭaini)
• German: Liechtenstein (de) n
• Greek: Λιχτενστάιν (el) n (Lichtenstáin)
• Hausa: Liechtenstein, Licansitan
• Hebrew: לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיין / לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיְן (he) f (likhtenshtein)
• Hindi: लिख्टेंश्टाइन m (likhṭẽśṭāin)
• Hungarian: Liechtenstein (hu)
• Icelandic: Liechtenstein (is)
• Ido: Liechtenstein (io)
• Indonesian: Liechtenstein (id)
• Interlingua: Liechtenstein
• Irish: Lichtinstéin
• Italian: Liechtenstein (it) m
• Japanese: リヒテンシュタイン (ja) (Rihitenshutain)
• Kannada: ಲೀಚ್ಟೆನ್ಸ್ಟೀನ್ (līcṭensṭīn)
• Kashubian: Liechtenstein (csb) m
• Kazakh: Лихтенштейн (kk) (Lixtenştein)
• Khmer: លិចតិនស្តាញ (km) (lɨctənstaañ)
• Korean: 리히텐슈타인 (ko) (Rihitensyutain)
• Kyrgyz: Лихтенштейн (Lihtenşteyn)
• Lao: ລຽດຕອງສະແຕນ (līat tǭng sa tǣn), ເລັກເຕນສະເຕນ (lek tēn sa tēn)
• Latin: Lichtenstenum n
• Latvian: Lihtenšteina (lv) f
• Lithuanian: Lichtenšteinas (lt) m
• Macedonian: Лихтенштајн m (Lihtenštajn)
• Malay: Liechtenstein (ms)
• Malayalam: ലിക്റ്റൻ‌സ്റ്റൈൻ (likṟṟaṉ‌sṟṟaiṉ)
• Maltese: Liechtenstein (mt)
• Maori: Rīkeneteina, Rīkeneteina, Rikitaina
• Mingrelian: ლიხტენშტაინი (lixṭenšṭaini)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Лихтенштайн (Lixtenštajn), Лихтенштейн (mn) (Lixtenštejn)

• Navajo: Łííhtensain
• Norman: Liechtenstein m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Liechtenstein (no) n

  Nynorsk: Liechtenstein (nn) n

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: لیخْتِن‌اِشْتایْن (lixten-eštâyn)

• Polish: Liechtenstein (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: Liechtenstein (pt) m, Listenstaine (pt) m
• Rhine Franconian: Lichdeschdää
• Romanian: Liechtenstein (ro) n
• Russian: Лихтенште́йн (ru) m (Lixtɛnštɛ́jn), Лихтеншта́йн (ru) m (Lixtɛnštájn) (less common)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Ли̏хтенштајн m

  Roman: Lȉhtenštajn (sh) m

• Shan: မိူင်းလိၵ်ႈတိၼ်ႇသတၢႆႇ (móeng līk tìn sǎ tàai)
• Silesian: Liechtenstein m
• Sinhalese: ලීච්ටන්ස්ටෙයින් (līcṭansṭeyin)
• Slovak: Lichtenštajnsko (sk) n
• Slovene: Lihtenštajn m
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Liechtensteinska f

  Upper Sorbian: Liechtenstein m

• Spanish: Liechtenstein (es) m
• Swedish: Liechtenstein (sv) n
• Tagalog: Litstenstayn
• Tajik: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenšteyn)
• Tamil: லீக்கின்ஸ்டைன் (līkkiṉsṭaiṉ)
• Tatar: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenşteyn)
• Telugu: లైచెన్‌స్టెయిన్ (te) (laicen‌sṭeyin)
• Thai: ลิกเตนสไตน์ (th) (lík-dtêen-sà-dtaai)
• Tibetan: ལི་ཆེ་ཏན་སཏིན (li che tan stin)
• Turkish: Lihtenştayn (tr)
• Turkmen: Lihtenşteýn
• Ukrainian: Ліхтенште́йн (uk) m (Lixtenštéjn), Ліхтеншта́йн m (Lixtenštájn)
• Urdu: لِخْٹِنْشْٹائِن m (lixṭinśṭāin), لِکْٹِنْسْٹائِن m (likṭinsṭāin)
• Uyghur: لىختېنشتېين (lixtënshtëyn)
• Uzbek: Lixtenshteyn (uz)
• Vietnamese: Lich-ten-xtên, Lích-ten-xtanh
• Volapük: Ligtänstän (vo)
• West Frisian: Lychtenstein n
• Yiddish: ליכטנשטיין n (likhtnshteyn)
• Yoruba: Lẹṣitẹnisiteni

Adjective

Liechtenstein (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to Liechtenstein.
2. Of or pertaining to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

Translations

of or pertaining to Liechtenstein

• Afrikaans: Liechtensteins
• Basque: liechtensteindar
• Bulgarian: лихтенщайнски (lihtenštajnski)
• Czech: lichtenštejnský (cs)
• Faroese: liktinsteinskur
• French: liechtensteinois (fr)
• German: liechtensteinisch (de)
• Italian: liechtensteiniano
• Polish: liechtensteiński (pl), lichtensztajński (pl)
• Portuguese: liechtensteinense, liechtensteiniense, liechtensteiniano (pt)
• Russian: лихтенште́йнский (ru) (lixtɛnštɛ́jnskij)
• Slovak: lichtenštajnský (sk)
• Spanish: liechtensteiniano (es)
• Turkish: Lihtenştaynlı (tr)
• Ukrainian: ліхтенште́йнський (lixtenštéjnsʹkyj)

See also

• (countries of Europe) country of Europe; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia (Czech Republic), Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City

Acehnese

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Afrikaans

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe; capital: Vaduz)

Derived terms

• Liechtensteiner
• Liechtensteins

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Liechtenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlix.tə(n)ˌstɛi̯n/, /ˈlix.tə(n)ˌstɑi̯n/

• Audio (Netherlands):

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• Hyphenation: Liech‧ten‧stein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein n (adjective Liechtensteins, demonym Liechtensteiner m or Liechtensteinse f)

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lˈihtenʃtˈɑi̯n/

Proper noun

Liechtenstein (genitive Liechtensteini, partitive Liechtensteini)

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Declension

Declension of Liechtenstein (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		Liechtenstein	—
accusative	nom.
	gen.	Liechtensteini
genitive			—
partitive		Liechtensteini	—
illative		Liechtensteini Liechtensteinisse	—
inessive		Liechtensteinis	—
elative		Liechtensteinist	—
allative		Liechtensteinile	—
adessive		Liechtensteinil	—
ablative		Liechtensteinilt	—
translative		Liechtensteiniks	—
terminative		Liechtensteinini	—
essive		Liechtensteinina	—
abessive		Liechtensteinita	—
comitative		Liechtensteiniga	—

Finnish

Etymology

From German Liechtenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlihtenstɑi̯n/, [ˈliçt̪e̞ns̠tɑ̝i̯n]
• Syllabification^(key): Liech‧tens‧tein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Declension

Inflection of Liechtenstein (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Liechtenstein	—
genitive		Liechtensteinin	—
partitive		Liechtensteinia	—
illative		Liechtensteiniin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Liechtenstein	—
accusative	nom.	Liechtenstein	—
	gen.	Liechtensteinin
genitive		Liechtensteinin	—
partitive		Liechtensteinia	—
inessive		Liechtensteinissa	—
elative		Liechtensteinista	—
illative		Liechtensteiniin	—
adessive		Liechtensteinilla	—
ablative		Liechtensteinilta	—
allative		Liechtensteinille	—
essive		Liechtensteinina	—
translative		Liechtensteiniksi	—
abessive		Liechtensteinitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Liechtenstein (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteinini — accusative nom. Liechtensteinini — gen. Liechtensteinini genitive Liechtensteinini — partitive Liechtensteiniani — inessive Liechtensteinissani — elative Liechtensteinistani — illative Liechtensteiniini — adessive Liechtensteinillani — ablative Liechtensteiniltani — allative Liechtensteinilleni — essive Liechtensteininani — translative Liechtensteinikseni — abessive Liechtensteinittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteinisi — accusative nom. Liechtensteinisi — gen. Liechtensteinisi genitive Liechtensteinisi — partitive Liechtensteiniasi — inessive Liechtensteinissasi — elative Liechtensteinistasi — illative Liechtensteiniisi — adessive Liechtensteinillasi — ablative Liechtensteiniltasi — allative Liechtensteinillesi — essive Liechtensteininasi — translative Liechtensteiniksesi — abessive Liechtensteinittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteinimme — accusative nom. Liechtensteinimme — gen. Liechtensteinimme genitive Liechtensteinimme — partitive Liechtensteiniamme — inessive Liechtensteinissamme — elative Liechtensteinistamme — illative Liechtensteiniimme — adessive Liechtensteinillamme — ablative Liechtensteiniltamme — allative Liechtensteinillemme — essive Liechtensteininamme — translative Liechtensteiniksemme — abessive Liechtensteinittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteininne — accusative nom. Liechtensteininne — gen. Liechtensteininne genitive Liechtensteininne — partitive Liechtensteinianne — inessive Liechtensteinissanne — elative Liechtensteinistanne — illative Liechtensteiniinne — adessive Liechtensteinillanne — ablative Liechtensteiniltanne — allative Liechtensteinillenne — essive Liechtensteininanne — translative Liechtensteiniksenne — abessive Liechtensteinittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Liechtensteininsa — accusative nom. Liechtensteininsa — gen. Liechtensteininsa genitive Liechtensteininsa — partitive Liechtensteiniaan Liechtensteiniansa — inessive Liechtensteinissaan Liechtensteinissansa — elative Liechtensteinistaan Liechtensteinistansa — illative Liechtensteiniinsa — adessive Liechtensteinillaan Liechtensteinillansa — ablative Liechtensteiniltaan Liechtensteiniltansa — allative Liechtensteinilleen Liechtensteinillensa — essive Liechtensteininaan Liechtensteininansa — translative Liechtensteinikseen Liechtensteiniksensa — abessive Liechtensteinittaan Liechtensteinittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Derived terms

• liechtensteinilainen

See also

• (countries of Europe) Euroopan maat; Alankomaat, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaidžan, Belgia, Bosnia ja Hertsegovina, Bulgaria, Espanja, Georgia, Irlanti, Islanti, Iso-Britannia, Italia, Itävalta, Kazakstan, Kreikka, Kroatia, Kypros, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Liettua, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norja, Pohjois-Makedonia, Portugali, Puola, Ranska, Romania, Ruotsi, Saksa, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Suomi, Sveitsi, Tanska, Tšekki, Turkki, Ukraina, Unkari, Valko-Venäjä, Vatikaani, Venäjä, Viro ^{(Category: fi:Countries in Europe)}

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Liechtenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /liʃ.tən.ʃtajn/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland):

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• Hyphenation: Liech‧ten‧stein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Derived terms

• Liechtensteinois
• Liechtensteinoise

See also

• (countries of Europe) pays de l'Europe; Albanie, Allemagne, Andorre, Arménie, Autriche, Azerbaïdjan, Belgique, Biélorussie, Bosnie-Herzégovine, Bulgarie, Chypre, Cité du Vatican, Croatie, Danemark, Espagne, Estonie, Finlande, France, Géorgie, Grèce, Hongrie, Irlande, Islande, Italie, Kazakhstan, Lettonie, Liechtenstein, Lituanie, Luxembourg, Macédoine du Nord, Malte, Moldavie, Monaco, Monténégro, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Portugal, République tchèque, Roumanie, Royaume-Uni, Russie, Saint-Marin, Serbie, Slovaquie, Slovénie, Suède, Suisse, Turquie, Ukraine ^{(Category: fr:Countries in Europe)}

Galician

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

German

Alternative forms

• Lichtenstein (now uncommon)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɪçtənˌʃtaɪ̯n/ (standard)

  • Audio:

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• IPA^(key): /ˈliːçtənˌʃtaɪ̯n/ (spelling pronunciation; sometimes heard, but proscribed)

Proper noun

Liechtenstein n (proper noun, genitive Liechtensteins or (optionally with an article) Liechtenstein)

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe; official name: Fürstentum Liechtenstein)

Derived terms

• Liechtensteiner
• liechtensteinisch

See also

• (countries of Europe) Staaten Europas; Albanien, Andorra, Belgien, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Bulgarien, Deutschland, Dänemark, Estland, Finnland, Frankreich, Griechenland, Irland, Island, Italien, Kroatien, Lettland, Liechtenstein, Litauen, Luxemburg, Malta, Moldau, Monaco, Montenegro, Nordmazedonien, Norwegen, Niederlande, Österreich, Polen, Portugal, Rumänien, Russland, San Marino, Schweden, Schweiz, Serbien, Slowakei, Slowenien, Spanien, Tschechien, Ukraine, Ungarn, Vereinigtes Königreich, Vatikanstadt, Weißrußland/Weißrussland, Zypern ^{(Category: de:Countries in Europe)}

Further reading

• “Liechtenstein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlixtɛnʃtɛjn]
• Rhymes: -ɛjn
• Hyphenation: Liech‧tens‧tein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Liechtenstein	—
accusative	Liechtensteint	—
dative	Liechtensteinnek	—
instrumental	Liechtensteinnel	—
causal-final	Liechtensteinért	—
translative	Liechtensteinné	—
terminative	Liechtensteinig	—
essive-formal	Liechtensteinként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Liechtensteinben	—
superessive	Liechtensteinen	—
adessive	Liechtensteinnél	—
illative	Liechtensteinbe	—
sublative	Liechtensteinre	—
allative	Liechtensteinhez	—
elative	Liechtensteinből	—
delative	Liechtensteinről	—
ablative	Liechtensteintől	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Liechtensteiné	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Liechtensteinéi	—

Possessive forms of Liechtenstein
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Liechtensteinem	—
2nd person sing.	Liechtensteined	—
3rd person sing.	Liechtensteine, Liechtensteinje	—
1st person plural	Liechtensteinünk	—
2nd person plural	Liechtensteinetek	—
3rd person plural	Liechtensteinük, Liechtensteinjük	—

Derived terms

• liechtensteini

 

Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /likˈtɛn.stai̯n/, /likˈtɛn.ʃtai̯n/

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) lando di Europa; Albania, Andora, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bielorusia, Belgia, Bosnia e Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kroatia, Chipro, Chekia, Dania, Estonia, Finlando, Francia, Gruzia, Germania, Grekia, Hungaria, Islando, Irlando, Italia, Kazakstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Luxemburgia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monako, Montenegro, Nederlando, Norvegia, Polonia, Portugal, Rumania, Rusia, San-Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hispania, Suedia, Suisia, Turkia, Ukraina, Unionita Rejio, Vatikano

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lik.tenˈstajn/, /lix.tenˈstajn/
• Rhymes: -ajn

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

See also

• (countries of Europe) paesi d'Europa; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaigian, Belgio, Bielorussia, Bosnia-Erzegovina, Bulgaria, Cechia, Cipro, Città del Vaticano, Croazia, Danimarca, Estonia, Finlandia, Francia, Georgia, Germania, Grecia, Irlanda, Islanda, Italia, Kazakistan, Lettonia, Liechtenstein, Lituania, Lussemburgo, Macedonia del Nord, Malta, Moldavia, Monaco, Montenegro, Norvegia, Paesi Bassi, Polonia, Portogallo, Romania, Regno Unito, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovacchia, Slovenia, Spagna, Svezia, Svizzera, Turchia, Ucraina, Ungheria ^{(Category: it:Countries in Europe)}

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Related terms

• liechtensteiner
• liechtensteinsk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Liechtenstein

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Related terms

• liechtensteinar
• liechtensteinsk

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from German Liechtenstein.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlix.tɛnˌʂtajn/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɛnʂtajn
• Syllabification: Liech‧ten‧stein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m inan

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Declension

Declension of Liechtenstein

	singular
nominative	Liechtenstein
genitive	Liechtensteinu
dative	Liechtensteinowi
accusative	Liechtenstein
instrumental	Liechtensteinem
locative	Liechtensteinie
vocative	Liechtensteinie

Derived terms

• lichtensztajński
• Liechtensteinka
• Liechtensteińczyk
• liechtensteiński

 

Further reading

• Liechtenstein in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Listenstaine (rare)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liʃ.tẽsˈtajn/ [liʃ.tẽsˈtaɪ̯n]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /liʃ.tẽsˈtajn/ [liʃ.tẽsˈtaɪ̯n]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /liʃ.tẽʃˈtajn/ [liʃ.tẽʃˈtaɪ̯n]

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Silesian

Proper noun

Liechtenstein m inan

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe; official name: Kśynstwo Liechtensteinu)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lixtensˈtain/ [lix.t̪ẽnsˈt̪ãĩn]
• IPA^(key): /lixtenʃˈtain/ [lix.t̪ẽnʲʃˈt̪ãĩn]
• Rhymes: -ain
• Syllabification: Liech‧tens‧tein

Proper noun

Liechtenstein ?

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Liechtenstein n (genitive Liechtensteins)

1. Liechtenstein (a microstate in Central Europe)