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Liechtenstein

adj · name · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈlɪk.tən.staɪn/
  • lĭch′tənshtīn′
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  • CMU ARPABET: L IH1 K T AH0 N S T AY2 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of or relating to Liechtenstein.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Of or relating to the people or culture of Liechtenstein.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

A microstate in Central Europe. Official name: Principality of Liechtenstein. Capital: Vaduz.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a small landlocked principality (constitutional monarchy) in central Europe located in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Principality of Liechtenstein

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: European country, European nation

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old High German lioht Middle High German liecht German liecht Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *steyh2- Proto-Indo-European *stoyh2nos Proto-Germanic *stainaz Proto-West Germanic *stain Old High German stein Middle High German stein German Stein German Liechtensteinbor. English Liechtenstein Borrowed from German Liechtenstein, from liecht, an obsolete variant of licht (“light, bright”), + Stein (“stone”), literally meaning “bright stone”. Named after the name of the ruling dynasty, which in turn derives its name from that of Liechtenstein Castle.

Across languages

Translations

136 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Liechtensteins — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Basque: liechtensteindar — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Bulgarian: лихтенщайнски (lihtenštajnski) — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Czech: lichtenštejnský — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Faroese: liktinsteinskur — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • French: liechtensteinois — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • German: liechtensteinisch — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Hungarian: liechtensteini — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Italian: liechtensteiniano — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Polish: liechtensteiński — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Polish: lichtensztajński — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Portuguese: liechtensteinense — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Portuguese: liechtensteiniense — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Portuguese: liechtensteiniano — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Russian: лихтенште́йнский (lixtɛnštɛ́jnskij) — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Slovak: lichtenštajnský — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Spanish: liechtensteiniano — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Turkish: Lihtenştaynlı — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Ukrainian: ліхтенште́йнський (lixtenštéjnsʹkyj) — of or relating to Liechtenstein
  • Abkhaz: Лихтенштаин (Lixtʼenŝtʼajn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Acehnese: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Afrikaans: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Albanian: Lihtenshtajn — microstate in Central Europe
  • Albanian: Lihtenshtajni — microstate in Central Europe
  • Amharic: ሊክተንስታይን (liktänsətayn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Arabic: لِيخْتَنْشْتَايْن (līḵtanštāyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Armenian: Լիխտենշտեյն (Lixtenšteyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Asturian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Azerbaijani: Lixtenşteyn — microstate in Central Europe
  • Bashkir: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenşteyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Basque: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Belarusian: Ліхтэнштэ́йн (Lixtenštéjn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Belarusian: Ліхтэншта́йн (Lixtenštájn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Bengali: লিশ্টেনশ্টাইন (liśṭenśṭain) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Breton: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Bulgarian: Ли́хтенщайн (Líhtenštajn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Burmese: လစ်တန်စတိန်း (lactanca.tin:) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Ліхтенштайньско (Lixtenštajnʹsko) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Лихтенштайн (Lyxtenštajn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Catalan: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Chinese Cantonese: 列支敦士登 (lit6 zi1 deon1 si6 dang1) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 列支敦士登 (Lièzhīdūnshìdēng) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Chinese Mandarin: 列支敦斯登 (Lièzhīdūnsīdēng) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Czech: Lichtenštejnsko — microstate in Central Europe
  • Danish: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Dutch: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Esperanto: Liĥtenŝtejno — microstate in Central Europe
  • Estonian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Faroese: Liktinstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Finnish: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • French: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • West-Frisian: Lychtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Galician: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Georgian: ლიხტენშტაინი (lixṭenšṭaini) — microstate in Central Europe
  • German: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • German: Liachtaschta — microstate in Central Europe
  • Bavarian German: Liachtnstoa — microstate in Central Europe
  • German: Lichdeschdää — microstate in Central Europe
  • Greek: Λιχτενστάιν (Lichtenstáin) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Hausa: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Hausa: Licansitan — microstate in Central Europe
  • Hebrew: לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיין — microstate in Central Europe
  • Hebrew: לִיכְטֶנְשְׁטַיְן (likhtenshtein) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Hindi: लिख्टेंश्टाइन (likhṭeñśṭāin) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Hungarian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Icelandic: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Ido: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Indonesian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Interlingua: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Irish: Lichtinstéin — microstate in Central Europe
  • Italian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Japanese: リヒテンシュタイン (Rihitenshutain) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Kannada: ಲೀಚ್ಟೆನ್ಸ್ಟೀನ್ (līcṭensṭīn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Kashubian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Kazakh: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenştein) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Khmer: លិចតិនស្តាញ (lɨctənstaañ) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Korean: 리히텐슈타인 (Rihitensyutain) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Kyrgyz: Лихтенштейн (Lihtenşteyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Lao: ລຽດຕອງສະແຕນ (līat tǭng sa tǣn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Lao: ເລັກເຕນສະເຕນ (lek tēn sa tēn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Latin: Lichtenstenum — microstate in Central Europe
  • Latvian: Lihtenšteina — microstate in Central Europe
  • Lithuanian: Lichtenšteinas — microstate in Central Europe
  • Macedonian: Лихтенштајн (Lihtenštajn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Malay: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Malayalam: ലിക്റ്റൻസ്റ്റൈൻ (likṟṟaṉsṟṟaiṉ) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Maltese: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Māori: Rīkeneteina — microstate in Central Europe
  • Māori: Rikitaina — microstate in Central Europe
  • Mingrelian: ლიხტენშტაინი (lixṭenšṭaini) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Mongolian: Лихтенштайн (Lixtenštajn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Mongolian: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenštejn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Navajo: Łííhtensain — microstate in Central Europe
  • Norman: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Iranian Persian: لیخْتِناِشْتایْن (lixten-eštâyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Polish: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Portuguese: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Portuguese: Listenstaine — microstate in Central Europe
  • Romanian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Russian: Лихтенште́йн (Lixtɛnštɛ́jn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Russian: Лихтеншта́йн (Lixtɛnštájn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Serbo-Croatian: Ли̏хтенштајн — microstate in Central Europe
  • Serbo-Croatian: Lȉhtenštajn — microstate in Central Europe
  • Shan: မိူင်းလိၵ်ႈတိၼ်ႇသတၢႆႇ (móeng līk tìn sǎ tàai) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Silesian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Sinhalese: ලීච්ටන්ස්ටෙයින් (līcṭansṭeyin) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Slovak: Lichtenštajnsko — microstate in Central Europe
  • Slovene: Lihtenštajn — microstate in Central Europe
  • Lower Sorbian: Liechtensteinska — microstate in Central Europe
  • Upper Sorbian: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Spanish: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Swedish: Liechtenstein — microstate in Central Europe
  • Tagalog: Litstenstayn — microstate in Central Europe
  • Tajik: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenšteyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Tamil: லீக்கின்ஸ்டைன் (līkkiṉsṭaiṉ) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Tamil: லீக்டன்ஸ்டைன் (līkṭaṉsṭaiṉ) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Tatar: Лихтенштейн (Lixtenşteyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Telugu: లైచెన్స్టెయిన్ (laicensṭeyin) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Thai: ลิกเตนสไตน์ (lík-dtêen-sà-dtaai) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Thai: ลีชเทินชไตน์ (lích-təən-sà-dtaai) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Tibetan: ལི་ཆེ་ཏན་སཏིན (li che tan stin) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Turkish: Lihtenştayn — microstate in Central Europe
  • Turkmen: Lihtenşteýn — microstate in Central Europe
  • Ukrainian: Ліхтенште́йн (Lixtenštéjn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Ukrainian: Ліхтеншта́йн (Lixtenštájn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Urdu: لِخْٹِنْشْٹائِن (lixṭinśṭāin) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Urdu: لِکْٹِنْسْٹائِن (likṭinsṭāin) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Uyghur: لىختېنشتېين (lixtënshtëyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Uzbek: Lixtenshteyn — microstate in Central Europe
  • Vietnamese: Lich-ten-xtên — microstate in Central Europe
  • Vietnamese: Lích-ten-xtanh — microstate in Central Europe
  • Volapük: Ligtänstän — microstate in Central Europe
  • Yiddish: ליכטנשטיין (likhtnshteyn) — microstate in Central Europe
  • Yoruba: Lẹṣitẹnisiteni — microstate in Central Europe
Real reading context

Liechtenstein in complete knowledge articles