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helvetisch

German, adjective/hɛlˈveːtɪʃ/

helvetisch is spelled H-E-L-V-E-T-I-S-C-H (10 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written German, the 594,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Helvetisch is a German adjective meaning “Helvetian, Swiss” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Helvetische Republik, einen von Napoleon 1798 geschaffenen und 1803 wieder aufgelösten Vasallenstaat…”.

What does helvetisch mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Helvetian, Swiss

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. die Helvetische Republik, einen von Napoleon 1798 geschaffenen und 1803 wieder aufgelösten Vasallenstaat, betreffend 2. die Schweiz betreffend, zur Schweiz gehörend, aus ihr kommend

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of helvetisch

  • helvetischer masculine nominative singular
  • helvetische feminine nominative singular
  • helvetisches neuter nominative singular
  • helvetischen genitive masculine singular
  • helvetischem dative masculine singular
  • der helvetische definite includes-article masculine
  • die helvetische definite feminine includes-article
  • das helvetische definite includes-article neuter
  • die helvetischen definite includes-article nominative
  • des helvetischen definite genitive includes-article
  • der helvetischen definite feminine genitive
  • dem helvetischen dative definite includes-article
  • den helvetischen dative definite includes-article

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce helvetisch?

  • /hɛlˈveːtɪʃ/
  • [hɛlˈveːtɪʃ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to helvetisch

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is helvetisch in German?

helvetisch appears about once in every 89 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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