Chile

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Chile f (plural Chilene, diminutive Chileli)

1978, Rolf Lyssey and Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript)

Hey, what's the name of the pizzeria in Lecce, behind the church?

Si, wi haist jetzt au no di Pizzeria in Lecce, hinder de Chile?

(Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Lucerne, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, St Gallen (Amden), Zürich) Alternative form of Chirche


Nazi

Der Bossel vom Fischkal, der Nazi, het mer's gstekt, / Un noch zwai Beddelvögt.

1816, Johann Georg Daniel Arnold, Der Pfingstmontag: Lustspiel in Straßburger Mundart:

(uncommon after the mid-1900s) a diminutive of the male given name Ignaz, from Latin


nomu

From Old High German namo, from Proto-Germanic *namô. Cognate with German Name, Dutch naam, English name, Icelandic nafn.


Toni

(Switzerland) a diminutive of the male given name Anton, from Latin, equivalent to English Tony


Frànz

(Alsatian) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Francis


Chilche

Chilche f (plural Chilchene or Chilche, diminutive Chilcheli)

Chilchene (plural)
Chilche (plural)
Chilcheli (diminutive)

(Aargau, Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Glarus, Grisons, Nidwalden, St. Gallen, Tessin, Schwyz, Solothurn, Thurgau, Valais, Zurich (Weinland)) Alternative form of Chirche


Schwaab

Schwaab m (plural Schwaabe, diminutive Schwööbli)

Schwaabe (plural)
Schwööbli (diminutive)


Ängländer

Ängland + -er. Compare German Engländer, Saterland Frisian Änglounder, English Englander, Danish englænder.

So! Jetzt will i wie'n e itle Ängländer ids nächschte Wäldli.

So! Now I want to go into the next little forest like a conceited Englishman.


schwiizerisch

/ˈʃʋit͡sərɪʃ/

Er isch schwiizerisch


Schwiizertüütsch

/ˈʃʋiːt͡sərˌtyːt͡ʃ/

Ich cha uf Schwiizertüütsch schnure.

I räde Schwiizertüütsch.


Züripieter

From Züripiet + -er, from Züri (“Zurich”) + Piet (“area (around a city)”). Compare German Zürichbieter.

compound

Zuricher (someone from the canton of Zurich)


tüütsch

tüütschi (accusative masculine nominative weak)
tüütschi (accusative feminine nominative weak)
tüütschi (accusative neuter nominative weak)
tüütsche (accusative nominative plural weak)
tüütsche (dative masculine weak)
tüütsche (dative feminine weak)
tüütsche (dative neuter weak)
tüütsche (dative plural weak)
tüütsche (accusative masculine nominative strong)
tüütschi (accusative feminine nominative strong)
tüütschs (accusative neuter nominative strong)
tüütschi (accusative nominative plural strong)
tüütsche (dative masculine strong)
tüütsche (dative feminine strong)
tüütsche (dative neuter strong)
tüütsche (dative plural strong)

From Middle High German diut(i)sch, tiu(t)sch, from Old High German diutisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz. Cognate with German deutsch, Dutch Diets, German Low German dütsch, West Frisian Tjutsk, Middle English thedisch, Icelandic þýskur, Gothic 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃 (þiudisks).

1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maeker, Die Schweizermacher (transcript)

German women aren't supposed to be such bad drivers. I read that recently.

Dütschi Fraue söllid gar nöd so schlächt Auto fare. Hani grad chürzlich gläse.


Jerk

Ultimately from Latin Geōrgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios).

(Uri) a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English George


titsch

From Middle High German diut(i)sch, tiu(t)sch, from Old High German diutisk (“of or pertaining to the Germanic people”). Cognate with German Deutsch.


tittschu

(Rimella and Campello Monti) German (language)


wailsch

Transferred from the adjective; see wälsch for more.


walts

(Rimella and Campello Monti) Italian (language)


wälsch

From Middle High German welisc, from Old High German walask, from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“foreign; non-Germanic”). Cognate with Mòcheno balsch (“Italian”), German welsch (“concerning Romance-speaking areas of Switzerland”), Yiddish וועליש (velish, “Vellish (typeface for printed Hebrew)”), Dutch Waals (“Walloon”), English Welsh, French gaulois (“Gaulish”), Old Norse valskr (“Celtic; Roman”), also English Wallachia (“principality in southern Romania”), Latin Volcae (“a Gallic tribal confederation”).

cog

pertaining to the Romance-speaking areas and population of Switzerland


Xandi

(Uri) a diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Sander/Sandy


Urschi

(Uri) a diminutive of the female given name Ursula, from Latin


Kuuli

(Uri) a diminutive of the male given name Kolumban


Baschi

(Uri) a diminutive of the male given name Sebastian, from Latin, equivalent to English Seb


Semmi

(Uri) a diminutive of the male given name Samuel, from Hebrew, equivalent to English Sammy


Kolumban

From Old Irish Columbán, from columb (“dove”) + án (“diminutive suffix”).

compound

(Uri) a male given name from Old Irish, equivalent to English Coleman


Kasi

(Uri) a diminutive of the male given name Kasimir, from Polish


Gaabi

From French Gabriel, from Latin Gabriel, from Ancient Greek Γαβριήλ (Gabriḗl), from Hebrew גבריאל (gaḇrīʾēl, “Gabriel, an archangel associated with carrying messages from God”).

der

(Uri) a diminutive of the male given name Gabriel, from Hebrew, equivalent to English Gabe


Alewiss

From Latin Aloysius, a Latinization of an Occitan form of Latin Ludovicus.


Lunzi

Lunzeli (diminutive)
Lünzeli (diminutive)
Graubünden (St.-Gallen)

a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Leontius, of chiefly historical usage.


Chlooschter

From Old High German klōstar, borrowed from Vulgar Latin *clostrum, Medieval Latin claustrum. Cognate with German Kloster.

Waa wär Muri oni Chlooschter? / Dänk es Doorf wie anderi au!

1987, Hans Schärer, ‘Oises Chlooschter’, Chrüütli us em Chlooschter-Gaarte:

What would Muri be without its abbey? Just a town like any other!


Püntner

Clipping of Graawpünte (“Grisons”) + -er. Compare German Bündner.

(Uri) a person from or living in Grisons


Marits

From Late Latin Mauritius. Compare German Moritz.

(Uri) a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Maurice


Cyrill

From Late Latin Cȳrillus, from Ancient Greek Κύριλλος (Kúrillos).

(Uri) a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Cyril


Beat

From Latin Beatus, a masculine form of Beata.


Chirche

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Chirche f (plural Chirchene or Chirche, diminutive Chirchli)

Chirchene (plural)
Chirche (plural)
Chirchli (diminutive)

From Middle High German kirche, from Old High German kirihha, from Proto-West Germanic *kirikā.

Aber mi dünkt, mängisch sige üsi Chirchene wie nes Museum. […] Üsi Chirchene es Museum, wo mir Jesus ufbewahre: zum Bispil a dr Kanzel hets es Chrüz, es Symbol für Jesus.

1979, Zeitschrift für Kultur und Politik und Kirche, volume 28, Evangelische-kirchliche Vereinigung in der Schweiz, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 639:

But I have the impression, sometimes our churches are like a museum. […] Our churches a museum where we preserve Jesus: for example at the pulpit there's a cross, a symbol for Jesus.

Chille

Lucerne, Schwyz, Unterwalden, Uri, Zug, St Gallen (Amden)


Iair

From Middle High German Iair, from Old High German Yairus, from Latin Iaīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros), from Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (yāʾîr, literally “he will light up”)

der

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Jair