"Österrike ligger i Europa."

Translation: Austria is in Europe.

[bianca.fox]

It sounds like the German "Österreich liegt in Europa", literally translated: "Austria lies in Europe". But as it refers to the geographical location, it can be translated as "is in" or "is located in".

[chilvence]

You can use the expression 'lies in' in English as well though really, it is just out of fashion at the moment.

[rach_jules]

Wait.... why do Swedes refer to Austria as 'east'?

[Zmrzlina]

We just borrowed the word from German and Swedified it a little. It's Österreich in German, and by the way the English name of Austria is etymologically referring to the east as well. :)

[Ehsan.1984]

I see that some countries end up to en such as Italien, Spanien and some others end up to Ke such as Österrike or Frankrike. is there a rule here?

[Salomee_e]

In german we call them Österreich and Frankreich, reich means empire.

[NordicWay]

rike means kingdom-realm , so same as German