Austria in other languages: exonyms, Vienna and the nine Bundesländer
Austria is Österreich in German, officially Republik Österreich, and is coded AT, AUT and 040. Its name is listed here in 189 languages and Vienna, Wien in German, in 132; the nine Bundesländer follow with ISO 3166-2 codes and their names in Croatian, Hungarian and Slovenian where those are official.
Official languagesGerman; Croatian and Hungarian in Burgenland, Slovenian in Carinthia and Styria
Checked
- alpha-2
- AT
- alpha-3
- AUT
- numeric
- 040
Republik ÖsterreichRepublik Österreich
Republika Austrija
Osztrák Köztársaság
Republika Avstrija
- English
- AustriaRepublic of Austria
- Capital
- WienBečBécsDunajWien · Vienna
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026
Austria in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Aragonese, Asturian, Corsican, Estonian, Basque, Galician, Interlingua, Indonesian, Italian, Javanese, Latin, Ladin, Novial, Polish, Romansh, Romanian, Aromanian, Sicilian, Spanish, Albanian, Sardinian, Swahili, Voro | eng / arg / ast / cos / est / eus / glg / ina / ind / ita / jav / lat / lld / nov / pol / roh / ron / rup / scn / spa / sqi / srd / swa / vor | Austria | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar, Gagauz, Karakalpak | crh / gag / kaa | Avstriya / Австрия | Avstriya |
| Croatian, Latvian, Lithuanian | hrv / lav / lit | Austrija | same as written |
| Aymara, Hausa | aym / hau | Austriya | same as written |
| Catalan, Occitan | cat / oci | Àustria | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian | dsb / hsb | Awstriska | same as written |
| French, Jersey Norman French | fra / jnf | Autriche | same as written |
| Rwanda, Rundi | kin / run | Otrishe | same as written |
| Portuguese, Tetum | por / tet | Áustria | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Oostenryk | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Avstriya / Австрија | Avstriya |
| Bambara | bam | Otirisi | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Austrija / Аустрија / آۆسترٖىيا | Austrija |
| Breton | bre | Aostria | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Rakousko | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Estrych | same as written |
| Seychelles Creole | crs | Lotris | same as written |
| Kashubian | csb | Austrëjô, Aùstrëjackô | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Awstria | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Østrig | same as written |
| German | deu | Österreich / Öſterreich | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Aŭstrujo, Aŭstrio | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Eysturríki | same as written |
| Finnish | fin | Itävalta | same as written |
| Kven | fkv | Öystäriikki | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Ôtrich·e | same as written |
| North Frisian | frr | Ååstenrik | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Eastenryk | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Austrie | same as written |
| Scots Gaelic | gla | An Ostair | same as written |
| Irish Gaelic | gle | An Ostair | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Austeyr | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Otrich | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Ausztria | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Ọstria | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Austurríki | same as written |
| Greenlandic | kal | Østrigi | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Ewistirya, Awistirya, Otrîş, Nemsa | same as written |
| Limburgish | lim | Oesteriek | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Otrish | same as written |
| Livonian | liv | Austrij | same as written |
| Latgalian | ltg | Austreja | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | Éisträich / Éiſträich | same as written |
| Mauritius Creole | mfe | Otris | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Ôtrisy | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Awstrija | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Austria / Аустрия | Austria |
| Maori | mri | Ateria | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Austria / اوستريا | Austria |
| Nahuatl | nah | Auztlān, Tlāpcopatlahtohcāyōtl | same as written |
| Low German | nds | Österriek / Öſterriek | same as written |
| Dutch | nld | Oostenrijk | same as written |
| Norwegian-Nynorsk | nno | Austerrike | same as written |
| Norwegian-Bokmål | nob | Østerrike | same as written |
| Norman French | nrm | Âotriche | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Awstiriya | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Estrexa / एस्त्रेख़ा | Estrexa |
| Slovak | slk | Rakúsko | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Austria / Аустриа | Austria |
| Slovenian | slv | Avstrija | same as written |
| Northern Sami | sme | Nuortariika | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Austrėjė | same as written |
| Samoan | smo | Oseteria | same as written |
| Somali | som | Osteeriya, Awsteeriya, Ostariya | same as written |
| Saterland Frisian | stq | Aastriek | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | Österrike | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Austryjo | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Awstriya, Austriya | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | ʻAositelia | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Awstriýa / Австрия | Awstriýa |
| Turkish | tur | Avusturya | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Avstriya / Австрия / ئەۋسترىيە | Avstriya |
| Veps | vep | Avstrii | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Áo | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Lösterän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Otriche | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Ótriis | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iAstariya | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Awıstırya | same as written |
| Gothic | got | 𐌰𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌴𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺𐌹 | Austerreiki |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Аѵстрі́ꙗ | Aȳstrī́ja |
| Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / tyv / udm / xal | Австрия | Avstrija |
| Chuvash, Mongolian, Ossetian | chv / mon / oss | Австри | Avstri |
| Abkhaz | abk | Австриа | Avstria |
| Avar | ava | Австрия | Awstrija |
| Bashkir | bak | Австрия | Avstriya |
| Belarusian | bel | Аўстрыя | Aŭstryja |
| Chechen | che | Австри | Avstri |
| Kazakh | kaz | Австрия / اۆستريا, Аустрия / اۋستريا | Avstrïya, Awstrïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Аустриэ | Austriă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Австрия / اۋسترىيا | Avstriya |
| Caucasus Kurdish | kmr | Австри / Avstrî | Avstrî |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Авыстри, Австрий | Avystri, Avstrij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Австрија | Avstrija |
| Rusyn | rue | Австрія, Ракусько | Avstrija, Rakus'ko |
| Yakut | sah | Аустрия | Austrija |
| Serbian | srp | Аустрија | Austrija |
| Tatar | tat | Австрия / ئاۋسترىيە | Avstriä |
| Tajik | tgk | Австрия / اوستریه | Avstrija |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Австрія | Avstrija |
| Arabic | ara | النمسا | an-Nimsā / an-Namsā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | آوسترییا | Avstriya |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | ئاوستریا, نەمسا | Awstirya, Nemsa |
| Persian | fas | اتریش, اطریش | Otriš, Otriš |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | آسٹریا | Āsṫriyā |
| Dari | prs | استریا, اطریش | Astriyā, Oṭrīš |
| Pashto | pus | استريا, اطريش, آستريا, اتريش | Astriyā, Oṭrīš, Āstriyā, Otrīš |
| Uyghur | uig | ئاۋسترىيە / Австрия | Awstriye |
| Urdu | urd | آسٹریا | Āsṫriyā |
| Divehi | div | އޮސްޓްރިއާ | Osṫriā |
| Syriac | syr | ܢܡܣܐ | Namsā |
| Hebrew | heb | אוסטריה | Ōsṭriyah |
| Ladino | lad | אוסטריה / Austria | Austria |
| Yiddish | yid | עסטרײַך | Estrayḫ |
| Amharic | amh | አውስትርያ, ኦስትሪያ, ነምሳ | Ăwstrəya, Ostriya, Nämsa |
| Coptic-Bohairic | cop-boh | Ⲟⲥⲧⲣⲓⲁ | Ostria |
| Greek-Dhimotiki | ell-dhi | Αυστρία | Aystría |
| Greek-Katharevousa | ell-kat | Αὐστρία | Aystría |
| Armenian | hye | Ավստրիա, Աւստրիա | Avstria, Austria |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | ავსტრია | Avstria |
| Laz | lzz | ავუსტურია / Avust’uria | Avust’uria |
| Hindi | hin | आस्ट्रिया, ऑस्ट्रिया, ओस्ट्रिया | Āsṭriyā, Ŏsṭriyā, Osṭriyā |
| Marathi | mar | ओस्ट्रिया | Osṭriyā |
| Bengali | ben | অস্ট্রিয়া | Ôsṭriyā |
| Gujarati | guj | ઑસ્ટ્રિયા | Ŏsṭriyā |
| Oriya | ori | ଅଷ୍ଟ୍ରିଆ | Ôṣṭriā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਆਸਟਰੀਆ | Āsṭrīā |
| Sinhalese | sin | ඔස්ට්රියාව | Osṭriyāva |
| Kannada | kan | ಆಸ್ಟ್ರಿಯ | Āsṭriya |
| Malayalam | mal | ഓസ്ട്രിയ | Ōsṭriya |
| Tamil | tam | ஆஸ்திரியா, அவுஸ்திரியா | Āstiriyā, Avustiriyā |
| Telugu | tel | ఆస్ట్రియా | Āsṭriyā |
| Chinese | zho | 奧地利/奥地利 | Àodìlì |
| Cantonese | yue | 奧地利/奥地利 | Odeihleih |
| Japanese | jpn | オーストリア | Ōsutoria |
| Korean | kor | 오스트리아 | Oseuteuria |
| Tibetan | bod | ཨོ་ཏི་ཀླི།, ཨ་སུ་ཊ་རི་ཡ། | O.ti.kli, A.su.ṭa.ri.ya |
| Dzongkha | dzo | ཨས་ཊི་ཡ། | As.ṭi.ya |
| Burmese | mya | ဩစတ္ရီးယား | Ɔ̀sátẏìyà |
| Thai | tha | ออสเตรีย | Ɔ̄ttriya |
| Lao | lao | ໂອຕຣິດ | Ōtlit |
| Khmer | khm | អូទ្រីស, អូត្រីហ្ស | Ūtrīs, Ūtrīhs |
German, Luxembourgish and Low German are also given in the older spelling with long s (ſ). Chinese and Cantonese are given in traditional and simplified characters.
Ostarrîchi, Austria, Rakousko, an-Nimsā
Österreich goes back to Old High German Ostarrîchi, the eastern realm, first written in a document of 996. The word probably renders Medieval Latin Marchia orientalis, the eastern march of Bavaria. Austria is a Latinisation of the German name and appears from the twelfth century; it is the form most of Europe adopted, from Italian and Romanian Austria to Croatian Austrija, Hungarian Ausztria and Turkish Avusturya.
The Germanic languages kept their own cognates of the German compound: Dutch Oostenrijk, Danish Østrig, Swedish Österrike, Icelandic Austurríki, Afrikaans Oostenryk. Finnish Itävalta and Northern Sami Nuortariika are forms of their own. Czech Rakousko and Slovak Rakúsko stand apart from all of these, and Vietnamese writes the country with one syllable, Áo, where Chinese has three characters, 奧地利.
A third group shares one root across the Middle East and East Africa: Arabic النمسا (an-Nimsā), Syriac ܢܡܣܐ (Namsā), Amharic ነምሳ (Nämsa), Kurdish Nemsa and Sorani نەمسا. Persian, Dari and Pashto list اتریش or اطریش (Otriš), and Pashto adds استريا (Astriyā).
Vienna in other languages: names of Wien
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Breton, Corsican, Friulian, Scots Gaelic, Interlingua, Italian, Romansh, Sicilian, Swahili, Tagalog | eng / bre / cos / fur / gla / ina / ita / roh / scn / swa / tgl | Vienna | same as written |
| Asturian, Catalan, Basque, Galician, Lithuanian, Ladin, Occitan, Portuguese, Romanian, Aromanian, Samogitian, Spanish, Tetum | ast / cat / eus / glg / lit / lld / oci / por / ron / rup / smg / spa / tet | Viena | same as written |
| Cornish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish | cor / dan / fin / nor / swe | Wien | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Wien | same as written |
| Afrikaans, Limburgish | afr / lim | Wene | same as written |
| Estonian, Voro | est / vor | Viin | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal, Lombard | frp / lmo | Vièna | same as written |
| West Frisian, Dutch | fry / nld | Wenen | same as written |
| Indonesian, Javanese | ind / jav | Wina | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish, Turkish | kur / tur | Viyana | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Biena | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Vyana / Вјана | Vyana |
| Bosnian | bos | Beč / Беч / بەچ | Beč |
| Czech | ces | Vídeň | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | Viyana / Вияна | Viyana |
| Kashubian | csb | Widen | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Fienna | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Vieno | same as written |
| French | fra | Vienne | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Viene | same as written |
| Irish Gaelic | gle | Vín | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Veen | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Vyèn | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Beč | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Bécs | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Vín, Vínarborg | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Vindobona, Vienna Austriae, Iuliobona, Castra Flaviana | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Vīne | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Viɛnɛ | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Vjenna | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Viena / Виена | Viena |
| Malay | msa | Vienna / ۏينا | Vienna |
| Old Norse | non | Vínarborg | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Wiedeń | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Beč / बेच, Vidnya / विद्न्या | Beč, Vidnya |
| Slovak | slk | Viedeň | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Viedna / Виедна | Viedna |
| Slovenian | slv | Dunaj | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Vjena | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Wjedyń | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Biyena | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Wena / Вена | Wena |
| Uzbek | uzb | Vena / Вена / ۋېنە | Vena |
| Vietnamese | vie | Viên | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Wiyen | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | Wiyana | same as written |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Вѥ́нъ, Вѣ́дєнь | Vjénŭ, Vě́denĭ |
| Bulgarian, Macedonian | bul / mkd | Виена | Viena |
| Komi, Meadow Mari, Mongolian, Russian, Yakut | kom / mhr / mon / rus / sah | Вена | Vena |
| Bashkir | bak | Вена | Vena |
| Belarusian | bel | Вена | Viena |
| Chuvash | chv | Венӑ | Venă |
| Kazakh | kaz | Вена / ۆەنا | Vena |
| Kabardian | kbd | Венэ | Venă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Вена / ۋەنا | Vena |
| Ossetian | oss | Венӕ | Venä |
| Serbian | srp | Беч | Beč |
| Tatar | tat | Вена / ۋېنا | Vena |
| Tajik | tgk | Вена / وینه | Vena |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Відень | Viden' |
| Arabic | ara | فيينا, فينا | Fīyannā, Fīnā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ویانا | Vyana |
| Persian | fas | وین | Viyen |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | ویآنا | Vīʾānā |
| Pashto | pus | ويانا | Wiyānā |
| Uyghur | uig | ۋېنا / Вена | Wéna |
| Urdu | urd | ویانا | Viyānā |
| Syriac | syr | ܒܝܢܐ | Biyenā |
| Hebrew | heb | וינה / ווינה | Vyenah |
| Yiddish | yid | װיען | Vien |
| Amharic | amh | ቪየና | Viyäna |
| Greek | ell | Βιέννη | Viénnī |
| Armenian | hye | Վիեննա, Վիենա | Vienna, Viena |
| Georgian | kat | ვენა | Vena |
| Laz | lzz | ვიანა / Viana | Viana |
| Hindi | hin | वियेना, वियना, वियाना, विएना | Viyenā, Viyanā, Viyānā, Vienā |
| Marathi | mar | व्हियेना | Whiyenā |
| Nepali | nep | भियाना, भियना | Bʰiyānā, Bʰiyanā |
| Bengali | ben | ভিয়েনা | Bʰiyenā |
| Gujarati | guj | વિયેના | Viyenā |
| Punjabi | pan | ਵਿਆਨਾ | Viānā |
| Sinhalese | sin | වියානාව | Viyānāva |
| Kannada | kan | ವಿಯೆನ್ನ, ವಿಯೆನ್ನಾ | Viyenna, Viyennā |
| Malayalam | mal | വിയന്ന | Viyanna |
| Tamil | tam | வியன்னா | Viyaṉṉā |
| Telugu | tel | వియన్నా, వియెన్నా | Viyannā, Viyennā |
| Chinese | zho | 維也納/维也纳 | Wéiyěnà |
| Cantonese | yue | 維也納/维也纳 | Wàihyáhnaahp |
| Japanese | jpn | ウィーン | Wīn |
| Korean | kor | 빈 | Bin |
| Burmese | mya | ဗိယင်နာ | Biyĩna |
| Thai | tha | เวียนนา | Wiyannā |
| Khmer | khm | វីយែន, វៀណា | Vīyæn, Vieṇā |
Latin lists four names: Vindobona, Vienna Austriae, Iuliobona and Castra Flaviana. Hindi shows four spellings, Arabic two.
Vindobona, Wien, Bécs, Dunaj: why Vienna has so many names
The Romans called the place Vindobona, a Celtic name read as white place or place of Vindos. It disappears after the sixth century. Wien has a different origin: it is named after the river Wien and first occurs as Wenia in the Salzburg Annals for the year 881. Vienna, Vienne and Viena are Latinised forms of Wien.
Hungarian Bécs probably comes from a word for kiln and passed into Croatian, Serbian and Bosnian as Beč and into Ottoman Turkish as Beç. Slovene calls the city Dunaj, which in other Slavic languages is the name of the Danube. Czech Vídeň, Slovak Viedeň, Polish Wiedeń and Ukrainian Відень share another form, while Russian and Bulgarian use Вена and Виена.
Armenian has two spellings, Վիեննա (Vienna) and Վիենա (Viena). The local Bavarian name Wean is rarely used in Viennese German today.
Bundesländer: the nine states of Austria with ISO 3166-2 codes
Austria is a federation of nine states, Bundesländer. ISO 3166-2:AT numbers them AT-1 to AT-9 in alphabetical order of their German names. The codes are unchanged; in 2015 ISO renamed the category from federal Länder to state.
| ISO 3166-2 | German | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| States Bundesländer Bundesländer9 | ||||
| AT-1 | Burgenland | Burgenland | EisenstadtEisenstadt | |
| AT-2 | Kärnten | Carinthia | Klagenfurt am WörtherseeKlagenfurt am Wörthersee | |
| AT-3 | Niederösterreich | Lower Austria | Sankt PöltenSankt Pölten | |
| AT-4 | Oberösterreich | Upper Austria | LinzLinz | |
| AT-5 | Salzburg | Salzburg | SalzburgSalzburg | |
| AT-6 | Steiermark | Styria | GrazGraz | |
| AT-7 | Tirol | Tyrol | InnsbruckInnsbruck | |
| AT-8 | Vorarlberg | Vorarlberg | BregenzBregenz | |
| AT-9 | Wien | Vienna | WienVienna | |
Codes, German and English names: ISO 3166-2:AT as listed on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, read from its English Wikipedia mirror on 28 October 2026. Vienna is a state and a city at once.
Bundesländer and capitals in Croatian, Hungarian and Slovenian
| State (German) | Croatian | Hungarian | Slovenian |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgenland | Savezna pokrajina Gradišće; capital Željezno | Felsőőrvidék tartomány; capital Kismarton | |
| Kärnten (Carinthia) | Zvezna dežela Koroška; capital Celovec ob Vrbskem jezeru | ||
| Steiermark (Styria) | Zvezna dežela Štajerska; capital Gradec |
German capitals: Eisenstadt, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee and Graz.
Questions about the names of Austria and Vienna
What does Österreich mean?
Eastern realm. The name comes from Old High German Ostarrîchi, first recorded in 996.
Why is Vienna called Bécs in Hungarian?
Bécs probably derives from a word for kiln; Croatian and Serbian borrowed it as Beč.
How many Bundesländer does Austria have?
Nine, coded AT-1 (Burgenland) to AT-9 (Wien) in ISO 3166-2.
How is Vienna written in Armenian?
Վիեննա (Vienna) or Վիենա (Viena).
What are the ISO codes of Austria?
AT (alpha-2), AUT (alpha-3) and 040 (numeric) in ISO 3166-1.