"Swiss German" meaning in English

See Swiss German in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more Swiss German [comparative], most Swiss German [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} Swiss German (comparative more Swiss German, superlative most Swiss German)
  1. Pertaining to the German-speaking part of Switzerland. Categories (topical): Languages Related terms: Alemannic, Swiss Standard German
    Sense id: en-Swiss_German-en-adj-10yQ9gQF Disambiguation of Languages: 16 13 27 29 15 Categories (other): Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 1 37 41 11
  2. Of or relating to one or all of the languages. Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Swiss_German-en-adj-5jXNmZpc Disambiguation of Languages: 16 13 27 29 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Swiss-German Translations (Translations): schweizertysk (Danish), sveitsinsaksalainen (Finnish), შვეიცარიული გერმანული (šveicariuli germanuli) (Georgian), deutschschweizerisch (German), schweizerdeutsch (note: relating to language) (German), svizzero-tedesco (Italian)
Disambiguation of 'Translations': 51 49

Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Swiss German
  1. The varieties of Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland. Categories (topical): Languages Categories (place): Switzerland Translations (Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland): Switserse Duits (Afrikaans), Switsers-Duits (Afrikaans), 瑞士德語 /瑞士德语 (Ruìshì Déyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), schweizertysk (Danish), Zwitserduits [neuter] (Dutch), sveitsinsaksa (Finnish), allemand de Suisse [masculine] (French), alemán suízo [masculine] (Galician), შვეიცარიული გერმანული (šveicariuli germanuli) (Georgian), შვეიცარიული გერმანული ენა (šveicariuli germanuli ena) (Georgian), Schweizerdeutsch [neuter] (German), Schwiizertüütsch [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), Schwizertitsch [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), Schwyzerdütsch [Alemannic-German, neuter] (German), Gearmáinis Eilvéiseach [feminine] (Irish), Gearmáinis na hEilvéise [feminine] (Irish), germană elvețiană [feminine] (Romanian), швейца́рский неме́цкий (švejcárskij neméckij) [masculine] (Russian), İsviçre Almancası (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Swiss_German-en-name-qwnoDV29 Disambiguation of Languages: 16 13 27 29 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Alemannic German translations, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 3 39 42 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 3 41 42 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 2 42 43 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Alemannic German translations: 11 2 56 27 4 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 1 37 41 11 Disambiguation of 'Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland': 67 33
  2. (loosely) Any local form of the German language used in Switzerland; Swiss Standard German. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Languages
    Sense id: en-Swiss_German-en-name-14fOwjgX Disambiguation of Languages: 16 13 27 29 15 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 3 39 42 6 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 2 25 57 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 3 41 42 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 2 42 43 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 13 6 27 36 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 4 30 46 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 11 4 33 46 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 14 5 30 40 11 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 11 3 33 46 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 14 5 31 40 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 14 4 25 38 19 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 1 37 41 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 14 7 28 39 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 10 3 34 48 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 14 5 31 38 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 14 5 30 40 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 3 34 48 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 14 6 29 40 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Swiss-German

Noun

Forms: Swiss Germans [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Swiss German (plural Swiss Germans)
  1. A German-speaking person from Switzerland. Categories (topical): Languages Translations (German-speaking Swiss person): Deutschschweizer [masculine] (German), Deutschschweizerin [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-Swiss_German-en-noun-S~1MDZU7 Disambiguation of Languages: 16 13 27 29 15 Categories (other): Terms with German translations Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 1 37 41 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Swiss-German

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "pos": "name",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1990, Stephen Barbour, Patrick Stevenson, Variation in German: A Critical Approach to German Sociolinguistics, page 213:",
          "text": "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 […].",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Harald Fuchs, Paul G. Schreier, Züritüütsch isch aifach schön, page xi:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The varieties of Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland."
      ],
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        [
          "Alemannic German",
          "Alemannic German"
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          "Switzerland",
          "Switzerland"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any local form of the German language used in Switzerland; Swiss Standard German."
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          "Swiss Standard German",
          "Swiss Standard German"
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        "(loosely) Any local form of the German language used in Switzerland; Swiss Standard German."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly"
      ]
    }
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      "word": "Swiss-German"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "word": "Switserse Duits"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "word": "Switsers-Duits"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Ruìshì Déyǔ",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "word": "瑞士德語 /瑞士德语"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "word": "schweizertysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zwitserduits"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "word": "sveitsinsaksa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "allemand de Suisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alemán suízo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šveicariuli germanuli",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "word": "შვეიცარიული გერმანული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šveicariuli germanuli ena",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "word": "შვეიცარიული გერმანული ენა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schweizerdeutsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schwiizertüütsch"
    },
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      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "Alemannic-German",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schwizertitsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "gsw",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
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        "Alemannic-German",
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      "word": "Schwyzerdütsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gearmáinis Eilvéiseach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Gearmáinis na hEilvéise"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "germană elvețiană"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "švejcárskij neméckij",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "швейца́рский неме́цкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Alemannic German spoken in Switzerland",
      "word": "İsviçre Almancası"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Swiss German"
}

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      "form": "Swiss Germans",
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        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A German-speaking person from Switzerland."
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "Swiss-German"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "German-speaking Swiss person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Deutschschweizer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "German-speaking Swiss person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}

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    {
      "form": "more Swiss German",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
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      "form": "most Swiss German",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Alemannic"
    },
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      "word": "Swiss Standard German"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Pertaining to the German-speaking part of Switzerland."
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2014 February 14, Philip Oltermann, The Guardian:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Of or relating to one or all of the languages."
      ]
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    {
      "word": "Swiss-German"
    }
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "schweizertysk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "sveitsinsaksalainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "šveicariuli germanuli",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "შვეიცარიული გერმანული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "deutschschweizerisch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "relating to language",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "schweizerdeutsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "svizzero-tedesco"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Swiss German"
}

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