swiss
/swɪs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.21 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Switzerland or the Swiss people.
name
Swiss German; the variety of German spoken in Switzerland.
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A place in the United States:
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A place in the United States:
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Example Sentences
- "The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity."
- "The government has said in a paper on the UK’s post-Brexit border operating model that it will “ensure that EU, EEA and Swiss citizens may also continue to use our e-passport gates and the existing queueing arrangements”."
- "My favourite sandwich has roast beef and Swiss on rye bread."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Suisse, -
Usage
Inflected Forms
more Swiss (comparative)
most Swiss (superlative)
Swisses (plural)
swisses (present, singular)
swissing (participle, present)
swissed (participle, past)
swissed (past)