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Swiss-German

Swiss-German is the alternative form of Swiss German.

Meaning of Swiss German

Proper noun

Swiss German

  1. The varieties of Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland.
    • 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...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.

See all 5 meanings of Swiss German

Forms of Swiss-German

Noun
pluralSwiss-Germans
Adjective
comparativemore Swiss-German
superlativemost Swiss-German

Phrases with Swiss-German

Questions about Swiss-German

What is Swiss-German the alternative form of?
Swiss-German is the alternative form of Swiss German.

Words near Swiss-German in the dictionary

  1. Swiss steaks
  2. Swiss stone pine
  3. Swiss stone pines
  4. Swiss system
  5. Swiss-cheesed
  6. Swiss-German
  7. Swiss-German Sign Language
  8. Swiss-Germans
  9. Swiss-turn
  10. Swiss-turns
  11. swissed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Swiss-German (page history and authors); Swiss German (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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