Swiss meaning in English

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Definition

a Swiss person: a native or inhabitant of Switzerland adjective
Switzerland: a landlocked republic in central Europe noun

Examples

  • "Swiss passport holders can remain neutral."
  • "Brian : Those lucky Swiss."
  • "It quickly became apparent that Ursula Bauer, a Swiss environmental consultant, was the brains behind the operation."
Exercise 1
Scandinavian Stuff

Fill in the blanks with the proper terms for each nationality. Use the examples to help you.

Country → Adjective → Noun

England → English → An Englishman or Englishwoman

Denmark → → A Dane

Sweden → → A

Norway → → A 
Scandinavian Stuff

Fill in the blanks with the proper terms for each nationality. Use the examples to help you.

Country → Adjective → Noun

England → English → An Englishman or Englishwoman

Denmark → Danish 1 → A Dane

Sweden → Swedish 2 → A Swede 3

Norway → Norwegian 4 → A Norwegian 5
1 Danish: "Danish" is the adjective which describes people from the country of "Denmark". Other nationalities with suffixes that end in "ish" include Finland (Finnish), Sweden (Swedish) and England (English).
2 Swedish: "Swedish" is the adjective which describes people from the country of "Sweden". Other nationalities with suffixes that end in "ish" include Finland (Finnish), Sweden (Swedish) and England (English).
3 Swede: "Swede" is the noun which describes people of Swedish origin.
4 Norwegian: "Norwegian" is the adjective which describes people from the country of "Norway". Other nationalities with suffixes that end in "ian" include Armenia (Armenian), Syria (Syrian) and Jordan (Jordanian).
5 Norwegian: "Norwegian" is the noun which describes people from the country of "Norway". Other nationalities with suffixes that end in "ian" include Armenia (Armenian), Syria (Syrian) and Jordan (Jordanian).

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