Swiss Standard German

Swiss Standard German

English

Proper noun

Swiss Standard German

1. The form of the German language used for publishing, broadcasting and writing in Switzerland, as distinguished from the Swiss German language used in speech.
   • 1990, Stephen Barbour & Patrick Stevenson, Variation in German: A Critical Approach to German Sociolinguistics, page 213:

     For instance, while the Swiss German word Färnseer (television set) derives from Fernseher, Hutte (tub) and Beige (pile) are Swiss German words that are now used also in Swiss standard German.

   • 1995, Michael G Clyne, The German Language in a Changing Europe, page 47:

     The independent position of Swiss Standard German has been strengthened by Swiss neutrality and the recent German past.

Translations

German language used in Switzerland

German: Schweizerhochdeutsch, Schriftdeutsch (de)

See also

• Swiss German