Category
page 1Swiss German language
Swiss German
Alemannic dialects spoken in the German-speaking part of Switzerland
Nova Friburgo
municipality of Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil
Walser German
language
Low Alemannic German
dialect
Bernese German
dialect of High Alemannic German
High Alemannic
dialect
Zurich German
Swiss German dialect in Zurich
Highest Alemannic German
dialect
Basel German
dialect
helvetism
Helvetisms (Neo-Latin Helvetia "Switzerland" and -ism) are features distinctive of the varieties of language spoken in Switzerland, most notably in Swiss Standard German, where they distinguish it from Standard German. The most frequent Helvetisms in German occur in vocabulary and pronunciation, but there are also some distinctive features in syntax and orthography. The French and Italian spoken in Switzerland have similar terms, which are also known as Helvetisms. Current French dictionaries, such as the Petit Larousse, include several hundred helvetisms.
Schweizerisches Idiotikon
project to document and provide a dictionary of Swiss German dialects
Trudi Gerster
Swiss actor and politician (1919-2013)