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Swiss German en · ADJ

Meanings

1. Pertaining to the German-speaking part of Switzerland.
2. Of or relating to one or all of the languages.
   • Two years ago, there was an uproar in the local media after Coop ran an advertising campaign that used the High German word for "to barbecue", grillen, rather than the Swiss German grillieren. 2014 February 14, Philip Oltermann, The Guardian:

Forms

Relateds

Alemannic · Swiss Standard German

Translations (6)

da schweizertysk (Translations) · de deutschschweizerisch (Translations) · de schweizerdeutsch (Translations) · ka შვეიცარიული გერმანული (Translations) · it svizzero-tedesco (Translations) · fi sveitsinsaksalainen (Translations)

Swiss German en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A German-speaking person from Switzerland.

Forms

Translations (2)

de Deutschschweizer (German-speaking Swiss person) · de Deutschschweizerin (German-speaking Swiss person)

Swiss German en · PROPN

Meanings

1. The varieties of Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland.
   • We do not intend this book to serve as a complete course in Swiss German; rather, it serves as a supplement to those studying the language in a more formal way. 2004, Harald Fuchs, Paul G. Schreier, Züritüütsch isch aifach schön, page xi:
   • Today, it is probably true to say that both varieties have positive prestige but for different reasons and to differing extents: attitudes to Swiss German, as the unifying vernacular that gives the German-Swiss their identity, are positive in every respect, while Swiss standard German enjoys widespread prestige only as a written form that enables them to be part of the international German-speaking community […]. 1990, Stephen Barbour, Patrick Stevenson, Variation in German: A Critical Approach to German Sociolinguistics, page 213:
2. (broadly) Any local form of the German language used in Switzerland; Swiss Standard German.

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Translations (24)

fi sveitsinsaksa (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · af Switsers-Duits (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ka შვეიცარიული გერმანული (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · fr allemand de Suisse (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ja スイスアレマン語 (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ro germană elvețiană (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · da schweizertysk (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ka შვეიცარიული გერმანული ენა (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · tr İsviçre Almancası (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · af Switserse Duits (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ga Gearmáinis Eilvéiseach (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · gsw Schwizertitsch (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · chr ᏍᏫᏏ ᎠᏂᏓᏥ (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ko 스위스 독일어 (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · kk швейцариялық неміс тілі (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ja スイスドイツ語 (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · de Schweizerdeutsch (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · gsw Schwyzerdütsch (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · gsw Schwiizertüütsch (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ru швейца́рский неме́цкий (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · gl alemán suízo (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · ga Gearmáinis na hEilvéise (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · nl Zwitserduits (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland) · cmn 瑞士德語 /瑞士德语 (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland)