Country · CH
Switzerland in other languages: exonyms, flag, ISO codes, 26 cantons
Switzerland is Schweiz in German, Suisse in French, Svizzera in Italian and Svizra in Romansh, coded CH, CHE and 756. The name is listed here in 189 languages and varieties, with Berne, Basle, Geneva and Zurich, and the 26 cantons in all four national languages with their capitals and ISO 3166-2 codes.
Official languagesGerman (Deutsch); French (français); Italian (italiano); Romansh (rumantsch)
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ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric
- alpha-2
- CH
- alpha-3
- CHE
- numeric
- 756
Schweiz
German · Latin
Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft
Suisse
French · Latin
Confédération suisse
Svizzera
Italian · Latin
Confederazione Svizzera
Svizra
Romansh · Latin
Confederaziun svizra
- English
- SwitzerlandSwiss Confederation
- Capital
- BernBerneBernaBern · Berne
ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag after the Wikimedia Commons drawing.
Switzerland in other languages: list of exonyms
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Hausa | eng / hau | Switzerland | same as written |
| French, Franco-Provençal, Jersey Norman French, Norman French | fra / frp / jnf / nrm | Suisse | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Spanish | arg / ast / spa | Suiza | same as written |
| Lower Sorbian, Upper Sorbian | dsb / hsb | Šwicarska | same as written |
| Estonian, Livonian | est / liv | Šveits | same as written |
| Finnish, Kven | fin / fkv | Sveitsi | same as written |
| North Frisian, Saterland Frisian | frr / stq | Swaits | same as written |
| Indonesian, Javanese | ind / jav | Swiss | same as written |
| Italian, Maltese | ita / mlt | Svizzera | same as written |
| Kinyarwanda, Rundi | kin / run | Ubusuwisi | same as written |
| Limburgish, Dutch | lim / nld | Zwitserland | same as written |
| Norwegian, Võro | nor / vor | Sveits | same as written |
| Papiamento, Tetum | pap / tet | Suisa | same as written |
| Afrikaans | afr | Switserland | same as written |
| Aymara | aym | Switsira | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | İsveçrə / Исвечрә | İsveçrə |
| Bambara | bam | Suwisi | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Švicarska / Швицарска / شوٖىڄارسقا, Švajcarska / Швајцарска / شوايڄارسقا | Švicarska, Švajcarska |
| Breton | bre | Suis | same as written |
| Catalan | cat | Suïssa | same as written |
| Czech | ces | Švýcarsko | same as written |
| Cornish | cor | Swistir | same as written |
| Corsican | cos | Svizzera, Sguizzera | same as written |
| Crimean Tatar | crh | İsviçriya / Исвичрия | İsviçriya |
| Seychelles Creole | crs | Laswis | same as written |
| Kashubian | csb | Szwajcarskô | same as written |
| Welsh | cym | Y Swistir | same as written |
| Danish | dan | Schweiz, Svejts | same as written |
| German | deu | Schweiz | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Svislando, Svisujo, Svisio | same as written |
| Basque | eus | Suitza | same as written |
| Faroese | fao | Sveis | same as written |
| Fijian | fij | Swizalend | same as written |
| West Frisian | fry | Switserlân | same as written |
| Friulian | fur | Svuizare | same as written |
| Gagauz | gag | Şveyţariya / Швейцария | Şveyţariya |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | An Eilbheis, An-t Suis | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Eilvéis / An Eilvéis, An Eilbhéis / An Eilḃéis | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Suíza | same as written |
| Manx | glv | Yn Elveeish | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Swis | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Švicarska | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Svájc | same as written |
| Igbo | ibo | Switsaland | same as written |
| Interlingua | ina | Suissa, Switza | same as written |
| Icelandic | isl | Sviss | same as written |
| Karakalpak | kaa | Shveytsariya / Швейцария | Shveytsariya |
| Greenlandic | kal | Schweizi | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Swîs, Siwêsira, Svîçre, Siwîsre | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Helvetia | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Šveice | same as written |
| Lingala | lin | Swisi | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Šveicarija | same as written |
| Ladin-Valle di Badia | lld-bad | Svizera | same as written |
| Ladin-Gardena | lld-grd | Svizra, Svizera | same as written |
| Luxembourgish | ltz | Schwäiz | same as written |
| Malagasy | mlg | Soisa | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Elveția / Елвеция | Elveția |
| Maori | mri | Witerana | same as written |
| Malay | msa | Switzerland / سويتزرلند | Switzerland |
| Nahuatl | nah | Suizitlān | same as written |
| Low German | nds | Swiez | same as written |
| Novial | nov | Suisia | same as written |
| Northern Sotho | nso | Swise | same as written |
| Occitan | oci | Soïssa | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Szwajcaria | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Suíça | same as written |
| Quechua | que | Suwisa, Suysa | same as written |
| Kalderash Romani | rmy | Elveciya / एल्वेत्सिया | Elveciya |
| Romansh | roh | Svizra | same as written |
| Romanian | ron | Elveția | same as written |
| Aromanian | rup | Shwaitsã | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Svìzzira | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Švajčiarsko | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Sxveicaria / Швеицариа, Sxveicarzem / Швеицарзем | Sxveicaria, Sxveicarzem |
| Slovenian | slv | Švica | same as written |
| Northern Sami | sme | Šveica | same as written |
| Samogitian | smg | Šveicarėjė | same as written |
| Somali | som | Swiiserlaand, Suwiserlaand, Suwitsera, Iswitserlaand | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Zvicra | same as written |
| Sardinian | srd | Isvìtzera | same as written |
| Swahili | swa | Uswisi | same as written |
| Swedish | swe | Schweiz | same as written |
| Silesian | szl | Šwajcarja | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Suwisa | same as written |
| Tongan | ton | Suisalani | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Şweýsariýa / Швейцария | Şweýsariýa |
| Turkish | tur | İsviçre | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Shveytsariya / Швейцария / شۋېيتسەرىيە | Shveytsariya |
| Veps | vep | Šveicarii | same as written |
| Vietnamese | vie | Thụy Sĩ | same as written |
| Volapük | vol | Jveizän | same as written |
| Walloon | wln | Swisse | same as written |
| Wolof | wol | Suwis | same as written |
| Zulu | zul | iSwisi | same as written |
| Zazaki | zza | İswiçre | same as written |
| Gothic | got | 𐌷𐌴𐌻𐌱𐌴𐍄𐌾𐌰 | Helbetja |
| Old Church Slavonic | chu | Свицєра | Svicera |
| Abaza, Altai, Bulgarian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk | abq / alt / bul / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal | Швейцария | Švejcarija |
| Chuvash, Ossetian | chv / oss | Швейцари | Švejcari |
| Abkhaz | abk | Швеицариа | Šveicaria |
| Avar | ava | Швейцария | Šwejcarija |
| Bashkir | bak | Швейцария / Şveycariya | Şveycariya |
| Belarusian | bel | Швейцарыя / Šviejcaryja, Швайцарыя / Švajcaryja, Швэйцарыя / Švejcaryja | Šviejcaryja, Švajcaryja, Švejcaryja |
| Chechen | che | Швейцари / Şveycari | Şveycari |
| Kazakh | kaz | Швейцария / شۆەيتساريا / Şveycarïya | Şveycarïya |
| Kabardian | kbd | Швейцариэ | Švejcariă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Швейцария / شۋەيتسارىيا / Şveytsariya | Şveytsariya |
| Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic) | kmr | Суис / Sûîs, Швесари / Şvêsarî | Sûîs, Şvêsarî |
| Meadow Mari | mhr | Швейцарий | Švejcarij |
| Macedonian | mkd | Швајцарија | Švajcarija |
| Mongolian | mon | Швейцар | Švejcar |
| Rusyn | rue | Швайцарія | Švajcarija |
| Serbian | srp | Швајцарска / Švajcarska | Švajcarska |
| Tatar | tat | Исвичрә / İsviçrä / ئىسۋىچرە, Швейцария / Şveytsariä / شۋېيتسارىيە | İsviçrä, Şveytsariä |
| Tajik | tgk | Швейтсария / شویتسریه / Şvejtsarija | Şvejtsarija |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Швейцарія | Švejcarija |
| Arabic | ara | سويسرا | Suwīsrā / Siwīsrā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ایسوئچره / İsveçrə | İsveçrə |
| Sorani Kurdish | ckb | سویسرا / Swîsra, سویس / Swîs | Swîsra, Swîs |
| Persian | fas | سوئیس / Suis, سویس / Suvis | Suis, Suvis |
| Western Punjabi | pnb | سویٹزرلینڈ | Svīṫzarlænḋ |
| Dari | prs | سویس | Svīs |
| Pashto | pus | سويس, سويټزلنډ, سويټزلېنډ | Swīs, Swīṫzarlənḋ, Swīṫzarlenḋ |
| Uyghur | uig | شۋېتسارىيە / Shwétsariye / Швейцария, شىۋىتسارىيە / Shiwitsariye / Швейцария | Shwétsariye, Shiwitsariye |
| Urdu | urd | سویٹزرلینڈ, سوئٹزرلینڈ, سوئس | Svīṫzarlænḋ, Sūʾiṫzarlænḋ, Sūʾis |
| Dhivehi | div | ސުވިޒަލޭންޑު | Suviżalēnḋu |
| Syriac | syr | ܣܘܣܪܐ | Swisrā |
| Hebrew | heb | שויץ / שוויץ / שווייץ | Švayʦ |
| Ladino | lad | סואיזה / Suiza | Suiza |
| Yiddish | yid | שװײץ | Šveyʦ |
| Berber (Tifinagh) | ber | ⵙⵡⵉⵙⵔⴰ / Swisra | Swisra |
| Amharic | amh | ስዊስ, ስዊዘርላንድ | Swis, Swizärland |
| Greek (Demotic) | ell-dhi | Ελβετία | Elvetía |
| Greek (Katharevousa) | ell-kat | Ἑλβετία | Helvetía |
| Armenian | hye | Շվեյցարիա | Šveyc̕aria |
| Georgian, Mingrelian | kat / xmf | შვეიცარია | Šveic̣aria |
| Laz | lzz | ისვიჩრე / İsviçre, შვეიცარია / Şveiʒaria | İsviçre, Şveiʒaria |
| Hindi | hin | स्विट्ज़रलैंड, स्वीटजरलैंड, स्विट्सरलैंड, स्विस | Sviṭzarlæṃḍ, Svīṭjarlæṃḍ, Sviṭsarlæṃḍ, Svis |
| Nepali | nep | स्वीट्जरल्याण्ड | Svīṭdzarlæṇḍ |
| Bengali | ben | সুইজারল্যাণ্ড, সুইজারল্যান্ড, সুইজর্ল্যাণ্ড | Suijārlæṇḍ, Suijārlænḍ, Suijôrlæṇḍ |
| Gujarati | guj | સ્વિત્ઝરલેન્ડ | Svitjʰarlenḍ |
| Oriya | ori | ସ୍ବିଜରଲ୍ଯାଣ୍ଡ | Sbijôrlæṇḍ |
| Punjabi | pan | ਸਵਿਟਜ਼ਰਲੈਂਡ | Sviṭzarlæṃḍ |
| Sinhala | sin | ස්විට්සර්ලන්තය | Sviṭsarlantaya |
| Kannada | kan | ಸ್ವಿಟ್ಜರ್ಲ್ಯಾಂಡ್ | Sviṭjarlæṃḍ |
| Malayalam | mal | സ്വിറ്റ്സര്ലന്ഡ് | Sviṟṟsarlanḍ |
| Tamil | tam | சுவிற்சர்லாந்து, சுவிட்சர்லாந்து, ஸ்விட்சர்லாந்து | Cuviṛcarlāntu, Cuviṭcarlāntu, Sviṭcarlāntu |
| Telugu | tel | స్విట్జర్లాండ్ | Sviṭjarlāṃḍ |
| Chinese | zho | 瑞士 | Ruìshì |
| Cantonese | yue | 瑞士 | Seuihsih |
| Japanese | jpn | スイス | Suisu |
| Korean | kor | 스위스 | Seuwiseu |
| Tibetan | bod | སུ་ཝེ་ཚེ།, རུའེ་ཧྲི།, སུའེ་སི།, རོས་སི།, སུད་སི། | Su.we.ʦʰe, Ru'e.hri, Su'e.si, Ros.si, Sud.si |
| Dzongkha | dzo | སུའིཊ་ཛར་ལེན། | Su'iṭ.dzar.len |
| Burmese | mya | ဆွစ်ဇာလန် | Sʰwiʿzalã |
| Thai | tha | สวิตเซอร์แลนด์, สวิส | Sawitsə̄[r]lǣn[d], Sawit |
| Lao | lao | ສະວິດ | Sawit |
| Khmer | khm | ស្វ៊ីស, ស្វីស, ស្វ៊ឺស | Svīs, Svīs, Svʉ̄s |
Greek is given in Demotic and in Katharevousa with its breathing mark, Ἑλβετία; Bosnian in Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic script. Irish adds the older Gaelic type forms after the slash.
02 · Names
Switzer, Schweiz and Helvetia: where the names come from
English took the name from Switzer, an old word for a Swiss person that was current from the 16th to the 19th century, and the adjective Swiss from French Suisse. Both go back to Schwyz, one of the three founding cantons. The place is first recorded in 972 as villa Suittes. From the later 14th century its name was applied to the troops of the whole Confederacy, the part standing for the whole, and after the Swabian War of 1499 the Swiss began to use it of themselves.
In German, Schweiz became the usual name of the country only after the federal state was formed in 1848; before that the older Eidgenossenschaft, the oath fellowship, dominated, and it survives in the official name Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft. Swiss German keeps the two apart with the article: d'Schwiiz is the country, plain Schwyz the canton and its town.
A second family of names comes from Latin Helvetia, after the Helvetii, the Gaulish people of the Swiss plateau. Confoederatio Helvetica appears on coins from 1879, and its initials CH served as the vehicle code from 1909 and became the ISO 3166-1 code in 1974. Greek Ελβετία, Romanian Elveția, Irish an Eilvéis and Manx Yn Elveeish belong here, while Polish Szwajcaria, Russian Швейцария, Hungarian Svájc and Chinese 瑞士 (Ruìshì) all follow Schweiz.
Berne (Bern) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French, Latvian | eng / fra / lav | Berne | same as written |
| Breton, Czech, Danish, Estonian, Faroese, Finnish, West Frisian, Croatian, Hungarian, Icelandic, Limburgish, Dutch, Norwegian, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Silesian, Turkish, Volapük | bre / ces / dan / est / fao / fin / fry / hrv / hun / isl / lim / nld / nor / slk / slv / swe / szl / tur / vol | Bern | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Basque, Friulian, Galician, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese, Romansh, Romanian, Sicilian, Spanish, Tetum, Tagalog | arg / ast / cat / cos / eus / fur / glg / ita / mlt / por / roh / ron / scn / spa / tet / tgl | Berna | same as written |
| Azerbaijani, Slovio, Turkmen | aze / slo / tuk | Bern / Берн | Bern |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Bern | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal, Occitan | frp / oci | Bèrna | same as written |
| Esperanto, Polish | epo / pol | Berno | same as written |
| Bosnian | bos | Bern / Берн / بەرن | Bern |
| Irish | gle | Bern | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Bèn | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Berna, Verona, Arctopolis | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Bernas | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Berna / Берна | Berna |
| Malay | msa | Berne / بيرن | Berne |
| Samogitian | smg | Berns | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Berni | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Bern / Берн / بېرن | Bern |
| Vietnamese | vie | Béc-nô | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian | bul / mon / rus / ukr | Берн | Bern |
| Bashkir, Serbian | bak / srp | Берн / Bern | Bern |
| Belarusian | bel | Берн / Biern, Бэрн / Bern | Biern, Bern |
| Kazakh | kaz | Берн / بەرن / Bern | Bern |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Берн / بەرن / Bern | Bern |
| Tatar | tat | Берн / Bern / بېرن | Bern |
| Tajik | tgk | Берн / بیرن / Bern | Bern |
| Arabic | ara | برن, بيرن | Birn, Bīrn |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | بئرن / Bern | Bern |
| Persian | fas | برن / Bern | Bern |
| Pashto | pus | برن, بېرن | Bərn, Bern |
| Uyghur | uig | بېرن / Bérn / Берн | Bérn |
| Urdu | urd | برن | Barn |
| Syriac | syr | ܒܪܢ | Bern |
| Hebrew | heb | ברן | Bern |
| Yiddish | yid | בערן | Bern |
| Amharic | amh | በርን, ቤርን | Bärn, Bern |
| Greek | ell | Βέρνη | Vérnī |
| Armenian | hye | Բեռն | Beṙn |
| Georgian | kat | ბერნი | Berni |
| Hindi | hin | बर्न | Barn |
| Bengali | ben | বার্ণ, বের্ন | Bārṇ, Bern |
| Kannada | kan | ಬರ್ನ್, ಬೆರ್ನ್ | Barn, Bern |
| Malayalam | mal | ബേൺ | Bēṇ |
| Tamil | tam | பெர்ன், பேர்ன் | Perṉ, Pērṉ |
| Chinese | zho | 伯爾尼/伯尔尼 | Bó'ěrní |
| Japanese | jpn | ベルン | Berun |
| Korean | kor | 베른 | Bereun |
| Tibetan | bod | པོར་ནི། | Por.ni |
| Burmese | mya | ဗန်း | Bã̀ |
| Thai | tha | เบิร์น | Bə̄[r]n |
| Khmer | khm | ប៊ឺន | Bʉ̄n |
Basle (Basel) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | eng | Basle, Basel | same as written |
| Aragonese, Asturian, Catalan, Corsican, Basque, Italian, Romansh, Spanish | arg / ast / cat / cos / eus / ita / roh / spa | Basilea | same as written |
| Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish | dan / fin / nor / ron / slv / swe / tur | Basel | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Basel | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Bazel / Базел | Bazel |
| Bosnian | bos | Basel / Базел / بازەل | Basel |
| Czech | ces | Basilej | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Bazelo | same as written |
| French | fra | Bâle | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Bâla | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Basel | same as written |
| Hungarian | hun | Bázel | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Bal | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Basilia, Basilea, Basilea Rauracorum, Munatiana Colonia | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Bāzele | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Bazelis | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Basel / Базел | Basel |
| Dutch | nld | Bazel | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Bazylea | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Basiléia, Basileia | same as written |
| Slovak | slk | Bazilej | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Bazel / Базель | Bazel |
| Uzbek | uzb | Bazel / Базель / بەزېل | Bazel |
| Russian, Ukrainian | rus / ukr | Базель | Bazel' |
| Bashkir | bak | Базель / Bazel | Bazel |
| Belarusian | bel | Базель / Baziel, Базэль / Bazel | Baziel, Bazel |
| Bulgarian | bul | Базел | Bazel |
| Kazakh | kaz | Базель / بازەل / Bazel | Bazel |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Базель / بازەل / Bazel | Bazel |
| Serbian | srp | Базел / Bazel | Bazel |
| Tatar | tat | Базель / Bazel / بازېل | Bazel |
| Tajik | tgk | Базел / بزیل / Bazel | Bazel |
| Arabic | ara | باسل, بازل, بال | Bāsil, Bāzil, Bāl |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | بازئل / Bazel | Bazel |
| Persian | fas | بازل / Bâzel, بال / Bâl | Bâzel, Bâl |
| Pashto | pus | بازل, بال | Bāzəl, Bāl |
| Uyghur | uig | بازېل / Bazél / Базель | Bazél |
| Hebrew | heb | בזל, באזל | Bazel, Bāzel |
| Yiddish | yid | באַזל | Bazl |
| Greek | ell | Βασιλεία | Vasileía |
| Armenian | hye | Բազել | Bazel |
| Georgian | kat | ბაზელი | Bazeli |
| Hindi | hin | बासल | Bāsal |
| Chinese | zho | 巴塞爾/巴塞尔 | Bāsè'ěr |
| Japanese | jpn | バーゼル | Bāzeru |
| Korean | kor | 바젤 | Bajel |
| Thai | tha | บาเซิล | Bāsə̄n |
Geneva (Genève) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, Basque, Franco-Provençal, Romanian | eng / eus / frp / ron | Geneva | same as written |
| Czech, Croatian, Lithuanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Samogitian | ces / hrv / lit / slk / slv / smg | Ženeva | same as written |
| Corsican, Italian, Sicilian | cos / ita / scn | Ginevra | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Genf | same as written |
| Estonian, Hungarian, Icelandic | est / hun / isl | Genf | same as written |
| Catalan, Spanish | cat / spa | Ginebra | same as written |
| Danish, Finnish | dan / fin | Geneve | same as written |
| Turkish, Zazaki | tur / zza | Cenevre | same as written |
| Aragonese | arg | Chinebra | same as written |
| Asturian | ast | Xinebra | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Jeneva / Женева | Jeneva |
| Bosnian | bos | Ženeva / Женева / ژەنەوا | Ženeva |
| Welsh | cym | Genefa | same as written |
| Esperanto | epo | Ĝenevo | same as written |
| French | fra | Genève | same as written |
| Scottish Gaelic | gla | Sineubha | same as written |
| Irish | gle | An Ghinéiv / An Ġinéiv, An Ghenéibh / An Ġenéiḃ | same as written |
| Galician | glg | Xenebra | same as written |
| Indonesian | ind | Jenewa | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Cenev, Cenevre | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Genava | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Ženēva | same as written |
| Mauritius Creole | mfe | Zenev | same as written |
| Maltese | mlt | Ġinevra | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Geneva / Ӂенева | Geneva |
| Malay | msa | Geneva / جينيۏا | Geneva |
| Occitan | oci | Genèva | same as written |
| Polish | pol | Genewa | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Genebra | same as written |
| Romansh | roh | Genevra | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Zxeneva / Женева | Zxeneva |
| Somali | som | Jeniifa, Jineefa | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Gjeneva | same as written |
| Tagalog | tgl | Hinebra | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Jenewa / Женева | Jenewa |
| Uzbek | uzb | Jeneva / Женева / جېنېۋە | Jeneva |
| Vietnamese | vie | Giơ-ne-vơ | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Ukrainian | bul / mkd / rus / ukr | Женева | Ženeva |
| Bashkir | bak | Женева / Jeneva | Jeneva |
| Belarusian | bel | Жэнева / Ženieva, Жэнэва / Ženeva | Ženieva, Ženeva |
| Chuvash | chv | Женевӑ | Ženevă |
| Kazakh | kaz | Женева / جەنەۆا / Jeneva | Jeneva |
| Kabardian | kbd | Женевэ | Ženevă |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Женева / جەنەۋا / Ceneva | Ceneva |
| Mongolian | mon | Женев | J̌enev |
| Ossetian | oss | Женевӕ | Ženevä |
| Serbian | srp | Женева / Ženeva | Ženeva |
| Tatar | tat | Женева / Jeneva / ژېنېۋا | Jeneva |
| Tajik | tgk | Женева / ژینیوه / Ƶeneva | Ƶeneva |
| Arabic | ara | جنيف, جينيف, جنيفا, جينيفا | Ǧinīf, Ǧīnīf, Ǧinīfā, Ǧīnīfā |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | ژئنئوا / Jeneva | Jeneva |
| Persian | fas | ژنو / Ženev | Ženev |
| Pashto | pus | جنيوا | Jinīwā |
| Uyghur | uig | جەنۋە / Jenwe / Җәнвә | Jenwe |
| Urdu | urd | جنیوا | Janīvā |
| Hebrew | heb | ז׳נבה, ג׳נבה, ג׳נווה | Ženeṿah, Jeneṿah, Jenevah |
| Yiddish | yid | גענף | Genf |
| Amharic | amh | ጄኔቫ, ጄኔቭ, ዤኔቭ | Jeneva, Jenev, Ženev |
| Greek | ell | Γενεύη | Geneýī |
| Armenian | hye | Ժենևա, Ժնև | Ženeva, Žnev |
| Georgian | kat | ჟენევა | Ženeva |
| Hindi | hin | जेनेवा, जनीवा | Jenevā, Janīvā |
| Nepali | nep | जेनेवा | Dzenevā |
| Bengali | ben | জেনেভা | Jenebʰā |
| Kannada | kan | ಜಿನೀವಾ | Jinīvā |
| Tamil | tam | ஜெனீவா | Jeṉīvā |
| Chinese | zho | 日內瓦/日内瓦 | Rìnèiwǎ |
| Cantonese | yue | 日內瓦/日内瓦 | Yahtnoihngáh |
| Japanese | jpn | ジュネーヴ, ジュネーブ, ゼネヴァ | Junēvu, Junēbu, Zenewa |
| Korean | kor | 제네바 | Jeneba |
| Tibetan | bod | རི་ནོས་ཝ།, རི་ནེ་ཝ། | Ri.nos.wa, Ri.ne.wa |
| Thai | tha | เจนีวา | Čēnīwā |
| Khmer | khm | ហ្សឺណែវ | Hsʉ̄ṇæv |
Zurich (Zürich) in other languages
| Languages | ISO 639 | Name | Romanised |
|---|---|---|---|
| English, French | eng / fra | Zurich | same as written |
| German, Luxembourgish, Low German | deu / ltz / nds | Zürich | same as written |
| Aragonese, Spanish | arg / spa | Zúrich | same as written |
| Catalan, Occitan | cat / oci | Zuric | same as written |
| Czech, Slovak | ces / slk | Curych | same as written |
| Hungarian, Swedish | hun / swe | Zürich | same as written |
| Azerbaijani | aze | Sürix / Сүрих | Sürix |
| Bosnian | bos | Zürich / Цирих / ڄٖىرٖىح | Zürich |
| Esperanto | epo | Zuriko | same as written |
| Franco-Provençal | frp | Tsurique | same as written |
| Irish | gle | Zurich / Zuriċ | same as written |
| Haitian Creole | hat | Zirik | same as written |
| Croatian | hrv | Cirih | same as written |
| Italian | ita | Zurigo | same as written |
| Kurmanji Kurdish | kur | Zurîx | same as written |
| Latin | lat | Turicum | same as written |
| Latvian | lav | Cīrihe | same as written |
| Lithuanian | lit | Ciurichas, Ciūrichas | same as written |
| Moldovan | mol | Zurih / Цюрих | Zurih |
| Polish | pol | Zurych | same as written |
| Portuguese | por | Zurique | same as written |
| Romansh | roh | Turitg | same as written |
| Sicilian | scn | Zuricu | same as written |
| Slovio | slo | Zurih / Зурих | Zurih |
| Samogitian | smg | Ciūrėchs | same as written |
| Albanian | sqi | Zyrihi | same as written |
| Turkmen | tuk | Sýurih / Цюрих | Sýurih |
| Turkish | tur | Zürih | same as written |
| Uzbek | uzb | Syurix / Цюрих / سيۇرىخ | Syurix |
| Vietnamese | vie | Du-rích | same as written |
| Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian | bul / mon / rus | Цюрих | Cjuriȟ |
| Bashkir | bak | Цюрих / Cyurix | Cyurix |
| Belarusian | bel | Цюрых / Ciurych, Цурых / Curych | Ciurych, Curych |
| Kazakh | kaz | Цюрих / تسيۋريح / Cywrïx | Cywrïx |
| Kyrgyz | kir | Цюрих / تسيۇرئح / Tsyurih | Tsyurih |
| Yakut | sah | Цүрих | Cüriȟ |
| Serbian | srp | Цирих / Cirih | Cirih |
| Tatar | tat | Цюрих / Tsürix / تسۈرىخ | Tsürix |
| Tajik | tgk | Сюрих / سیوریخ / Sjurix | Sjurix |
| Ukrainian | ukr | Цюріх | Cjuriȟ |
| Arabic | ara | زوريخ, زيوريخ, زيورخ | Zūrīḫ, Ziyūrīḫ, Ziyūriḫ |
| South Azerbaijani | azb | سوریخ / Sürix | Sürix |
| Persian | fas | زوریخ / Zurix | Zurix |
| Uyghur | uig | سيۇرىخ / Syurix / Цюрих | Syurix |
| Urdu | urd | زیورخ | Ziyūriḫ |
| Syriac | syr | ܙܝܘܪܚ, ܨܝܘܪܫ | Zyūriḥ, Ṣyūriš |
| Hebrew | heb | ציריך | Tsīrīḫ |
| Yiddish | yid | ציריך | Tsiriḫ |
| Greek | ell | Ζυρίχη | Zyríȟī |
| Armenian | hye | Ցյուրիխ | C̕yourix |
| Georgian | kat | ციურიხი | C̣iuriȟi |
| Hindi | hin | ज़्यूरिख, ज़्यूरिख़ | Zyūrikʰ, Zyūriȟ |
| Nepali | nep | जुरिच | Jurič |
| Bengali | ben | জুরিক, জুরিখ | Jurik, Jurikʰ |
| Punjabi | pan | ਜ਼ੂਰਿਕ | Zūrik |
| Kannada | kan | ಜೂರಿಚ್ | Jūrič |
| Malayalam | mal | സൂറിച്ച് | Sūṟičč |
| Tamil | tam | சூரிச் | Cūric |
| Telugu | tel | జ్యురిచ్ | Jyurič |
| Chinese | zho | 蘇黎世/苏黎世 | Sūlíshì |
| Japanese | jpn | チューリッヒ | Chūrihhi |
| Korean | kor | 취리히 | Chwirihi |
| Thai | tha | ซูริค, ซูริก | Sūrik, Sūrik |
| Khmer | khm | ហ្សូរីច | Hsūrīč |
The 26 cantons of Switzerland in German, French, Italian and Romansh
Each canton is named in the four national languages, with its capital in German beside the usual English form and the two-letter ISO 3166-2 code, which repeats the letters of Swiss vehicle number plates. Rows run by code.
| ISO 3166-2 | German | French | Italian | Romansh | English | Administrative centre | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantons Kantone26 | |||||||
| CH-AG | Kanton Aargau | Canton d’Argovie | Canton Argovia | Chantun Argovia | Aargau | AarauAarau | |
| CH-AI | Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden | Canton d’Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures | Canton Appenzello Interno | Chantun Appenzell Dadens | Appenzell Innerrhoden | AppenzellAppenzell | |
| CH-AR | Kanton Appenzell Ausserrhoden | Canton d’Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures | Canton Appenzello Esterno | Chantun Appenzell Dadora | Appenzell Ausserrhoden | HerisauHerisau | |
| CH-BE | Kanton Bern | Canton de Berne | Canton Berna | Chantun Berna | Bern | BernBern | |
| CH-BL | Kanton Basel-Landschaft | Canton de Bâle-Campagne | Canton Basilea Campagna | Chantun Basilea-Champagna | Basel-Landschaft | LiestalLiestal | |
| CH-BS | Kanton Basel-Stadt | Canton de Bâle-Ville | Canton Basilea Città | Chantun Basilea-Citad | Basel-Stadt | BaselBasel | |
| CH-FR | Kanton Freiburg | Canton de Fribourg | Canton Friburgo | Chantun Friburg | Fribourg | FreiburgFribourg | |
| CH-GE | Republik und Kanton Genf | République et Canton de Genève | Repubblica e Canton Ginevra | Republica e Chantun Genevra | Geneva | GenfGeneva | |
| CH-GL | Kanton Glarus | Canton de Glaris | Canton Glarona | Chantun Glaruna | Glarus | GlarusGlarus | |
| CH-GR | Kanton Graubünden | Canton des Grisons | Canton Grigioni | Chantun Grischun | Grisons | ChurChur | 2020 ISO dropped the French name Grisons from its list of local names; the code stayed |
| CH-JU | Kanton Jura | Canton du Jura | Canton Giura | Chantun Giura | Jura | DelsbergDelémont | |
| CH-LU | Kanton Luzern | Canton de Lucerne | Canton Lucerna | Chantun Lucerna | Lucerne | LuzernLucerne | |
| CH-NE | Republik und Kanton Neuenburg | République et Canton de Neuchâtel | Repubblica e Canton Neuchâtel | Republica e Chantun Neuchâtel | Neuchâtel | NeuenburgNeuchâtel | |
| CH-NW | Kanton Nidwalden | Canton de Nidwald | Canton Nidvaldo | Chantun Sutsilvania | Nidwalden | StansStans | |
| CH-OW | Kanton Obwalden | Canton d’Obwald | Canton Obvaldo | Chantun Sursilvania | Obwalden | SarnenSarnen | |
| CH-SG | Kanton Sankt Gallen | Canton de Saint-Gall | Canton San Gallo | Chantun Son Gagl | St. Gallen | Sankt GallenSt. Gallen | |
| CH-SH | Kanton Schaffhausen | Canton de Schaffhouse | Canton Sciaffusa | Chantun Schaffusa | Schaffhausen | SchaffhausenSchaffhausen | |
| CH-SO | Kanton Solothurn | Canton de Soleure | Canton Soletta | Chantun Soloturn | Solothurn | SolothurnSolothurn | |
| CH-SZ | Kanton Schwyz | Canton de Schwytz | Canton Svitto | Chantun Sviz | Schwyz | SchwyzSchwyz | |
| CH-TG | Kanton Thurgau | Canton de Thurgovie | Canton Turgovia | Chantun Turgovia | Thurgau | FrauenfeldFrauenfeld | |
| CH-TI | Republik und Kanton Tessin | République et Canton du Tessin | Repubblica e Canton Ticino | Republica e Chantun Tessin | Ticino | BellinzonaBellinzona | |
| CH-UR | Kanton Uri | Canton d’Uri | Canton Uri | Chantun Uri | Uri | AltdorfAltdorf | |
| CH-VD | Kanton Waadt | Canton de Vaud | Canton Vaud | Chantun Vad | Vaud | LausanneLausanne | |
| CH-VS | Kanton Wallis | Canton du Valais | Canton Vallese | Chantun Vallais | Valais | SittenSion | |
| CH-ZG | Kanton Zug | Canton de Zoug | Canton Zugo | Chantun Zug | Zug | ZugZug | |
| CH-ZH | Kanton Zürich | Canton de Zurich | Canton Zurigo | Chantun Turitg | Zurich | ZürichZurich | |
Codes: ISO 3166-2:CH on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, change history as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:CH, checked 28 October 2026. English canton names after Wikipedia's Cantons of Switzerland. ISO itself lists each canton only in its official languages, so Bern carries German and French, Graubünden German, Italian and Romansh, and Geneva French alone.
08 · Cantons
One canton, four names: Grisons, Tessin and Waadt
Four national languages give every canton four names, and three of them shift more than the English reader expects. Graubünden is Grisons in French, Grigioni in Italian and Grischun in Romansh; Ticino is Tessin in German and French; Vaud is Waadt in German. Some cities follow suit: Chur is Coire, Coira and Cuira, Sion is Sitten, and Neuchâtel is Neuenburg.
Geneva, Neuchâtel and Ticino call themselves republic and canton, République et Canton de Genève, Repubblica e Canton Ticino. In Romansh the two halves of old Unterwalden carry names of their own, Sursilvania for Obwalden and Sutsilvania for Nidwalden.
The ISO 3166-2 list has kept its 26 codes, from CH-AG to CH-ZH, since the spelling correction of Appenzell in 2003. The only change since then came on 24 November 2020, when the French name Grisons was removed from the ISO entry for CH-GR. The flag drawn here is square, red with a white cross whose arms are a sixth longer than they are wide, after the Wikimedia Commons file.
09 · Questions
Questions about the names and cantons of Switzerland
Why is Switzerland CH?
CH stands for Confoederatio Helvetica, the Latin name of the Swiss Confederation. It was the vehicle code from 1909 and has been the ISO 3166-1 code since 1974; the other codes are CHE and 756.
What is Switzerland called in its four languages?
Schweiz in German, Suisse in French, Svizzera in Italian and Svizra in Romansh. The official names are Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confédération suisse, Confederazione Svizzera and Confederaziun svizra.
What is the canton of Valais called in German?
Wallis, Kanton Wallis; in French it is Canton du Valais, code CH-VS, with its capital Sion, Sitten in German.