Country · LI

Liechtenstein in other languages: exonyms, Vaduz, communes and anthem

Liechtenstein, officially Fürstentum Liechtenstein, the Principality of Liechtenstein, has German as its language and the ISO 3166-1 codes LI, LIE and 438. Its name follows in 167 languages and Vaduz in 54, then the 11 communes with their ISO 3166-2 codes and the anthem, Oben am jungen Rhein.

Official languagesGerman (Deutsch)

Checked 5 November 2026

ISO 3166-1alpha-2 · alpha-3 · numeric

ratio 3:5

alpha-2: LI
alpha-3: LIE
numeric: 438

Liechtenstein German · Latin

Fürstentum Liechtenstein

English: LiechtensteinPrincipality of Liechtenstein
Capital: VaduzVaduz

ISO 3166-1, checked 28 October 2026. Flag colours after the Wikimedia Commons drawing; the gold crown in the blue band is left out.

01 · Exonyms

Liechtenstein in other languages: list of exonyms

Liechtenstein in 167 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, Afrikaans, Aragonese, Asturian, Breton, Catalan, Cornish, Welsh, Danish, Lower Sorbian, Estonian, Basque, Finnish, Kven, French, Franco-Provençal, Friulian, Scottish Gaelic, Galician, Manx, Upper Sorbian, Hungarian, Interlingua, Indonesian, Icelandic, Italian, Javanese, Jersey Norman French, Limburgish, Lingala, Ladin, Maltese, Nahuatl, Dutch, Norwegian, Novial, Occitan, Polish, Quechua, Romansh, Aromanian, Sicilian, Northern Sami, Spanish, Sardinian, Saterland Frisian, Swahili, Swedish, Silesian, Võro, Wolof	eng / afr / arg / ast / bre / cat / cor / cym / dan / dsb / est / eus / fin / fkv / fra / frp / fur / gla / glg / glv / hsb / hun / ina / ind / isl / ita / jav / jnf / lim / lin / lld / mlt / nah / nld / nor / nov / oci / pol / que / roh / rup / scn / sme / spa / srd / stq / swa / swe / szl / vor / wol	Liechtenstein	same as written
Crimean Tatar, Gagauz	crh / gag	Lihtenşteyn / Лихтенштейн	Lihtenşteyn
Kashubian, Norman French	csb / nrm	Lichtenstein	same as written
German, Luxembourgish	deu / ltz	Liechtenstein	same as written
Croatian, Slovenian	hrv / slv	Lihtenštajn	same as written
Kinyarwanda, Rundi	kin / run	Lishteneshtayine	same as written
Aymara	aym	Liextinstin	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Lixtenşteyn / Лихтенштејн	Lixtenşteyn
Bambara	bam	Lisitenisitayini	same as written
Bosnian	bos	Lihtenštajn / Лихтенштајн / لٖىحتەنشتاين	Lihtenštajn
Czech	ces	Lichtenštejnsko	same as written
Esperanto	epo	Liĥtenŝtejno	same as written
Faroese	fao	Liktenstein	same as written
West Frisian	fry	Lychtenstein	same as written
Irish	gle	An Lichtinstéin / An Liċtinstéin	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Lichtènstayn	same as written
Igbo	ibo	Liktenstain	same as written
Karakalpak	kaa	Lixtenshteyn / Лихтенштейн	Lixtenshteyn
Greenlandic	kal	Liechtensteini	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Lîxtinşteyn	same as written
Latin	lat	Lichtenstenum	same as written
Latvian	lav	Lihtenšteina	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Lichtenšteinas	same as written
Moldovan	mol	Lihtenștain / Лихтенштайн	Lihtenștain
Malay	msa	Liechtenstein / ليكتنستين	Liechtenstein
Low German	nds	Liechtensteen	same as written
Portuguese	por	Liechtenstein, Listenstaina, Listenstaine	same as written
Kalderash Romani	rmy	Lixtenstein / लिख़्तेन्स्तेइन	Lixtenstein
Romanian	ron	Lihtenștain, Liechtenstein	same as written
Slovak	slk	Lichtenštajnsko	same as written
Slovio	slo	Lihtensxtein / Лихтенштеин	Lihtensxtein
Samogitian	smg	Lichtenštėins	same as written
Somali	som	Lishtanistaan, Liishtaanistayn	same as written
Albanian	sqi	Lihtënshtajni	same as written
Tetum	tet	Listenstaina	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Lihtenşteýn / Лихтенштейн	Lihtenşteýn
Turkish	tur	Lihtenştayn, Liechtenstein	same as written
Uzbek	uzb	Lixtenshteyn / Лихтенштейн / لىختېنشتېين	Lixtenshteyn
Veps	vep	Lihtenštein	same as written
Vietnamese	vie	Lich-ten-xtên	same as written
Volapük	vol	Liktenstän	same as written
Walloon	wln	Lîchtensteyn	same as written
Zazaki	zza	Lixtınştayn, Liechtenstein	same as written
Old Church Slavonic	chu	Лихтєнща́инъ	Liȟtenštáinŭ
Abaza, Altai, Avar, Chuvash, Kabardian, Khakas, Komi, Karachay-Balkar, Kumyk, Lezgi, Meadow Mari, Mongolian, Ossetian, Russian, Yakut, Tuvan, Udmurt, Kalmyk	abq / alt / ava / chv / kbd / kjh / kom / krc / kum / lez / mhr / mon / oss / rus / sah / tyv / udm / xal	Лихтенштейн	Liȟtenštejn
Bashkir, Chechen	bak / che	Лихтенштейн / Lixtenşteyn	Lixtenşteyn
Abkhaz	abk	Лихтенштеин	Liȟtenštein
Belarusian	bel	Ліхтэнштэйн / Lichtenštejn, Ліхтэнштайн / Lichtenštajn	Lichtenštejn, Lichtenštajn
Bulgarian	bul	Лихтенщайн	Liȟtenštajn
Kazakh	kaz	Лихтенштейн / ليحتەنشتەين / Lïxtenşteyn	Lïxtenşteyn
Kyrgyz	kir	Лихтенштейн / لىحتەنشتەين / Lihtenşteyn	Lihtenşteyn
Kurdish (Caucasus, Cyrillic)	kmr	Лихтенштейн / Lîxtênştêyn	Lîxtênştêyn
Macedonian	mkd	Лихтенштајн	Lihtenštajn
Rusyn	rue	Ліхтенштайско	Liȟtenštajsko
Serbian	srp	Лихтенштајн / Lihtenštajn	Lihtenštajn
Tatar	tat	Лихтенштейн / Lixtenştein / لىختېنشتېين	Lixtenştein
Tajik	tgk	Лихтенштейн / لیختینشتین / Lixtenştejn	Lixtenştejn
Ukrainian	ukr	Ліхтенштейн	Liȟtenštejn
Arabic	ara	ليختنشتاين, لختنشتاين, ليشتنشتاين, ليشتينشتاين	Līḫtinštāyn, Liḫtinštāyn, Līštinštāyn, Līštīnštāyn
South Azerbaijani	azb	لیختئنشتئین / Lixtenşteyn	Lixtenşteyn
Sorani Kurdish	ckb	لیختنشتاین / Lîxtinştayn	Lîxtinştayn
Persian	fas	لیختن‌اشتاین / Lixteneštâyn, لیختن‌شتین / Lixtenšteyn, لیختنشتاین / Lixtenštâyn	Lixteneštâyn, Lixtenšteyn, Lixtenštâyn
Western Punjabi	pnb	لیختنشٹاین	Līḫtansṫāyn
Uyghur	uig	لىختېنشتېين / Lixténshtéyn / Лихтенштейн	Lixténshtéyn
Urdu	urd	لیختن‌سٹائن, لیکٹن‌سٹائن, لیچٹنسٹین	Līḫtansṫāʾin, Līkṫansṫāʾin, Līčṫansṫīn
Dhivehi	div	ލީޝްތެންސްޓީން	Līštensṫīn
Syriac	syr	ܠܝܚܬܢܫܬܝܢ	Līḥtenštayn
Hebrew	heb	ליכטנשטין / ליכטנשטיין	Līḫṭenšṭayn
Ladino	lad	ליגﬞטינסטיין / Lichtenstein	Lichtenstein
Yiddish	yid	ליכטנשטײן	Liḫtnšteyn
Amharic	amh	ሊክተንስታይን, ሌይኽንሽታይን	Liktänstayn, Leyxənštayn
Greek (Demotic)	ell-dhi	Λίχτενσταιν, Λιχτενστάιν	Líȟtenstain, Liȟtenstáin
Greek (Katharevousa)	ell-kat	Λίχτενσταϊν	Líȟtenstaïn
Armenian	hye	Լիխտենշտայն, Լիխտենշտեյն	Lixtenštayn, Lixtenšteyn
Georgian	kat	ლიხტენშტაინი, ლიხტენშტეინი	Liȟtenštaini, Liȟtenšteini
Laz	lzz	ლიხტენშტაინი / Lixt’enşt’aini	Lixt’enşt’aini
Mingrelian	xmf	ლიხტენშტაინი	Liȟtenštaini
Hindi	hin	लिकटेंस्टीन	Likṭeṃsṭīn
Nepali	nep	लीश्टेनस्टाईन	Līšṭensṭāīn
Bengali	ben	লিক্টেনস্টাইন, লিষ্টেনষ্টাইন	Likṭensṭāin, Liṣṭenṣṭāin
Gujarati	guj	લીચેસ્ટેઈન	Līčesṭeīn
Oriya	ori	ଲିଚ୍ଟେନଷ୍ଟେନ	Ličṭenṣṭen
Sinhala	sin	ලීච්‍ටන්‍ස්‍ටෙයින්	Līčṭansṭeyin
Kannada	kan	ಲೀಚ್ಟೆನ್‍ಸ್ಟೈನ್	Līčṭensṭain
Malayalam	mal	ലിച്ച്‌റ്റെന്‍സ്റ്റെയ്ൻ	Liččṟṟensṟṟeyn
Tamil	tam	லீச்டென்ஸ்டீன்	Līcṭeṉsṭīṉ
Telugu	tel	లైకెస్టీన్	Laikesṭīn
Chinese	zho	列支敦士登	Lièzhīdūnshìdēng
Japanese	jpn	リヒテンシュタイン	Rihitenshutain
Korean	kor	리히텐슈타인	Lihitensyutain
Tibetan	bod	ལི་ཆེ་ཏན་སཏིན།	Li.čʰe.tan.stin
Burmese	mya	လိုက်တင်ရှတိုင်း	Laiʿtĩšátaĩ̀
Thai	tha	ลิกเตนสไตน์	Liktēnsatai[n]
Khmer	khm	លិចទេនស្តែន, លេចធិនស្ទែន	Ličtenstæn, Lečtʰinstæn

Arabic and Persian list several transliterations each, depending on whether the German ch is heard as ḫ or š.

02 · NamesGerman ch, the sound the transcriptions disagree on

How the German ch travels: Liȟtenštejn, Līḫtinštāyn

The German name, officially Fürstentum Liechtenstein, the Principality of Liechtenstein, is kept unchanged by most languages that write in Latin letters, English and French among them. Others adapt the spelling to their own sounds: Latvian Lihtenšteina, Lithuanian Lichtenšteinas, Albanian Lihtënshtajni and Turkish Lihtenştayn, which also lists the German form. Portuguese has Listenstaina and Listenstaine beside Liechtenstein, Irish An Lichtinstéin and Latin Lichtenstenum.

The German ch is the sound that divides the transcriptions. Russian and most Cyrillic languages render it as х, Лихтенштейн (Liȟtenštejn), Japanese as hi, リヒテンシュタイン (Rihitenshutain). Arabic gives four spellings: ليختنشتاين and لختنشتاين with ḫ, ليشتنشتاين and ليشتينشتاين with š. Chinese builds the name from five characters, 列支敦士登 (Lièzhīdūnshìdēng).

Vaduz changes less. Russian, Bulgarian and Ukrainian write Вадуц, Latvian Vaduca and Lithuanian Vaducas, while Arabic and Persian swing between فادوز and فادوتس, a z and a ts.

03 · Vaduz

Vaduz in other languages

Vaduz in 54 languages and varieties, grouped where the spelling is shared, with ISO 639 codes and romanisation
Languages	ISO 639	Name	Romanised
English, French	eng / fra	Vaduz	same as written
German, Luxembourgish, Low German	deu / ltz / nds	Vaduz	same as written
Azerbaijani	aze	Vadus / Вадус	Vadus
Bosnian	bos	Vaduz / Вадуц / وادۆڄ	Vaduz
Esperanto	epo	Vaduzo	same as written
Irish	gle	Vaduz	same as written
Haitian Creole	hat	Vadouts	same as written
Kurmanji Kurdish	kur	Vadûts, Vadûz	same as written
Latvian	lav	Vaduca	same as written
Lithuanian	lit	Vaducas	same as written
Malay	msa	Vaduz / ۏادوز	Vaduz
Samogitian	smg	Vaducos	same as written
Turkmen	tuk	Wadus / Вадуц	Wadus
Uzbek	uzb	Vaduts / Вадуц / ۋەدۇتس	Vaduts
Bulgarian, Mongolian, Russian, Ukrainian	bul / mon / rus / ukr	Вадуц	Vaduc
Bashkir, Belarusian, Serbian	bak / bel / srp	Вадуц / Vaduc	Vaduc
Kazakh	kaz	Вадуц / ۆادۋتس / Vadwc	Vadwc
Kyrgyz	kir	Вадуц / ۋادۇتس / Vaduts	Vaduts
Tatar	tat	Вадуц / Vaduts / ۋادۇتس	Vaduts
Tajik	tgk	Вадутс / ودوتس / Vaduts	Vaduts
Arabic	ara	فادوز, فادوتس, فدوز	Fādūz, Fādūts, Fadūz
South Azerbaijani	azb	وادوس / Vadus	Vadus
Persian	fas	فادوتس / Fâduts, وادوز / Vâduz	Fâduts, Vâduz
Pashto	pus	فادوڅ	Fādūć
Uyghur	uig	ۋادۇتس / Waduts / Вадуц	Waduts
Urdu	urd	واڈوز	Vāḋūz
Syriac	syr	ܦܕܘܬܣ	Padūts
Hebrew	heb	ודוץ, ודוז, ואדוז, פאדוץ	Vadūʦ, Vadūz, Vādūz, Fādūʦ
Yiddish	yid	װאַדוץ	Vaduʦ
Amharic	amh	ፋዱጽ	Faduṣ
Greek	ell	Βαντούζ	Vantoýz
Armenian	hye	Վադուց	Vadouc̕
Georgian	kat	ვადუცი	Vaduc̣i
Hindi	hin	फ़ादुत्स	Fāduts
Marathi	mar	वादुझ	Wādujʰ
Nepali	nep	वादुज	Vāduj
Bengali	ben	ফাডুত্স	Pʰāḍuts
Punjabi	pan	ਵਾਡੂਜ਼	Vāḍūz
Kannada	kan	ವಾಡುಜ್	Vāḍuj
Tamil	tam	வாதூஸ், வடூஜ்	Vātūs, Vaṭūj
Telugu	tel	వాదుజ్	Vāduj
Chinese	zho	瓦杜茲/瓦杜兹	Wǎdùzī
Japanese	jpn	ファドゥーツ	Fadūtsu
Korean	kor	파두츠	Paducheu
Thai	tha	วาดุซ	Wādus
Khmer	khm	វ៉ាឌូហ្ស	Vādūhs

04 · Communes

The 11 communes (Gemeinden) of Liechtenstein

The first level of Liechtenstein consists of 11 communes. ISO 3166-2:LI numbers them LI-01 to LI-11 in alphabetical order, from Balzers to Vaduz, and each commune bears the name of its main village, so name and centre coincide.

Liechtenstein, ISO 3166-2:LI: 11 communes
ISO 3166-2	German	English	Administrative centre
Communes Gemeinden11
LI-01	Gemeinde Balzers	Balzers	BalzersBalzers
LI-02	Gemeinde Eschen	Eschen	EschenEschen
LI-03	Gemeinde Gamprin	Gamprin	GamprinGamprin
LI-04	Gemeinde Mauren	Mauren	MaurenMauren
LI-05	Gemeinde Planken	Planken	PlankenPlanken
LI-06	Gemeinde Ruggell	Ruggell	RuggellRuggell
LI-07	Gemeinde Schaan	Schaan	SchaanSchaan
LI-08	Gemeinde Schellenberg	Schellenberg	SchellenbergSchellenberg
LI-09	Gemeinde Triesen	Triesen	TriesenTriesen
LI-10	Gemeinde Triesenberg	Triesenberg	TriesenbergTriesenberg
LI-11	Gemeinde Vaduz	Vaduz	VaduzVaduz

Codes: ISO 3166-2:LI on the ISO Online Browsing Platform, as tabulated in Wikipedia's ISO 3166-2:LI, checked 28 October 2026. ISO added the communes in Newsletter I-8 of 17 April 2007; the list has not changed since.

05 · Anthem

Oben am jungen Rhein, the national anthem

The two stanzas sung today, in German. In the older typography the s inside a word is a long ſ: Lehnet ſich Liechtenſtein.

Oben am jungen Rhein / Lehnet sich Liechtenstein / An Alpenhöh’n. / Dies liebe Heimatland, / Das teure Vaterland, / Hat Gottes weise Hand / Für uns erseh’n.
Hoch lebe Liechtenstein / Blühend am jungen Rhein, / Glücklich und treu. / Hoch leb’ der Fürst vom Land, / Hoch unser Vaterland, / Durch Bruderliebe-Band / Vereint und frei.

06 · Questions

Questions about Liechtenstein's names

How do you write Liechtenstein in Arabic?

Four spellings are in use: ليختنشتاين (Līḫtinštāyn), لختنشتاين, ليشتنشتاين and ليشتينشتاين.

What is the national anthem of Liechtenstein?

Oben am jungen Rhein, high on the young Rhine, sung in German in two stanzas.

How many communes does Liechtenstein have?

Eleven, coded LI-01 Balzers to LI-11 Vaduz in ISO 3166-2. Schaan and Vaduz are the largest.