Even if we say that Swiss German is a 'dialect', it still takes a long time to learn a true dialect. The issue is more about standardization, and since there is no standard form of Swiss German, that makes it quite difficult to learn. However, I think Swiss German will survive longer than most other German dialects precisely because it is not standardized (paradoxically). But if you really see what Swiss Germans are pronouncing when they are speaking, you will realize that Swiss German is almost as far apart from standard German as Portuguese is from Spanish. It's only called 'German' because it's sort of German-like. And every Swiss German dialect is a bit like its own secret local language, which is how most dialects USED to be across Europe (even in England). Maybe it's just because of the isolation of the mountains?
I'm 6 months in Switzerland, I speak B1 German. As soon as I start speaking Hochdeutsch people's face change lol...especially people in their 40-70s. I feel the elderly and the younger generations are nicer. But in general I've found that the people although kind are very narrow minded unfortunately. The official language is High German but some refuse to speak it😂 What a weird place. My grandfather was from Bern but he never taught us these things and he was always very nice to everybody. I lived in England and Spain before, I'm Spanish. I live in Kanton Zürich now.
Nice explanation Greg about the culture of swiss german, in near future swiss that ARE natural talented polyglots can do swiss german that have links with hig German, alsacian, walser german,bavarian german, cimbric german, limburguish, luxemburguish 👍.
I understand you so much the swiss german today is very cantonal municipal, in other words exista many swiss germans, better a people speak high german or austro bavarian german, and luxemburguish than ALL swisses german that's Impossible cos are many dialects by canton.👍👍🫂🫂🥂🥂🥂
Dude! You just broke my heart. A few months ago I decided to learn French on a phone app, and Swiss German from youtube for when I visit/maybe move to CH. And that's when I saw your other video on Swiss German. But I'm sad to hear this thing about the feelings people have based on Canton dialect. Well, a couple of weeks ago I decided to use the app for regular German because I thought traditional German would have more use for paperwork in Switzerland and speaking in Germany and Austria. Now I guess it's definitely the way to go.
Hey Dave! You can still do it man 😄 look the thing is that it‘s present but if you are a good guy, you will overcome this easily 😉 it‘s a process and i wish you the best of luck and most of all fun!
Haha, well as "the date" get's closer, I might just ask a few more questions. You've done very helpful videos on seeing sights most people ignore--and I take notes! On paper! So I'm...excited, and nnnnneeeerrrrvvoooouss...
Hoi Greg! I'm learning now Swissgerman from online platform:) Interesting to know, that the dialect has connection with mentality of each region. With my German, I've still difficulties with pronunciation and writing in Swissgerman:) Danke vilmal! Liebi Grüess us Indonesien!
@@SwitzerlandInsider I would say, there are many more then there are cantons. I am from the “Kandertal”. My dialect is different from the “Stadt Bern” dialect. My sister in law is from Wengen. I took us a while to really understand each other. Then there is the Emmental. It is funny to hear a “Spisser talk to an Emmentaler….. You have to experience that…….We all are from the canton Bern.
Hauptsach of de Charte eifach "Capuns"... Aber au die andere Charte, vorallem die metem Mittelfinger gäg Zöri, send de hammer! :-P Werd mi definitiv mol no dör es paar Videos vo der döre klicke!
I plan on retiring in Lucerne, Switzerland in about 2 years. We live in Vancouver, BC, Canada at the moment. I have been learning High German for the last 3 months and hoped to learn that I can speak German in Luzern when We arrive. We plan on taking Swiss-German classes upon our arrival. Do you think taking Swiss-German classes is necessary? I really value your opinion. Best, Tess
Usually us swiss german speaking people understand standard german because we learn it in school. Most of us will probably ask you whether you understand swiss german or not and will automatically switch to standard german if you don't. However, some swiss people have a pretty strong accent when speaking standard german, especially older people, while younger people will try to sound more german. All in all you will be able to communicate and live a normal life speaking only standard german in Switzerland, so it is not particularly necessary to learn swiss german, but if you plan on settling permanently, I'd recommend you to learn it. Not only is it a beautiful and interesting language with a lot of unique expressions that are funny and charming, it is also pretty easy to learn when you already know standard german and it will also help you to get to know and understand swiss people and swiss culture a little bit better. :-)
Hey I have planned to make such a video soon. It has mainly to do with a different mentality… people from Zurich like to work and advance whereas people from other more rural cantons like a more traditional life. Also they are often seen as arrogant and that is not untrue 😊
I would disagree with you to a certain extent. I would encourage people to learn both at the same time. Before visiting Switzerland I had only learnt hoch-deutsch. Unfortunately it made the people I interacted with less comfortable than when I made the effort to learn their dialect. I also felt more socially isolated as I was unable to catch the meaning of a lot of what people were saying to each other.
@@SwitzerlandInsider By the way, why people from other cantons don't like those who are from Zurich? Switzerland seems friendly, but apperently not to everyone :)
Hello! I have a Swiss German friend who uses the word “lml” pronounced as “lermal” but have been trying to find out what it actually means. Can some Swiss Germans help?
After living in Germany for a couple of years, I consider moving to Ticino. Is Swiss-Italian a regular Italian or also a dialect that have little to do with the main language? I find Hochdeutsch being almost useless in terms of understanding Swiss, regardless of the Canton they come from :)
the swiss italian is a dialect, but i think you should be fine with regular italian and get to learn the swiss italian along the way. however i am not an expert in this matter.
In Ticino we speak proper Italian and the dialect of the region you are (there are many regions and valleys). It's good to know the dialect because many people uses it regularly, but I'm myself a native Ticinese and I don't speak dialect, only Italian, and I've never had problems (I understand the dialect well, but I'm not used at all to speak it and my mother and friends always tells me that my dialect is weird and that's better that I've avoid to speak it 😀).
Ich war mal im Wallis im WK, wir standen mit dem Puch an einer Ampel, auf einmal riss ein Walliser die Türe auf und brüllte: Ihr huere Grüezis, händ er nöt glernt de Motor abzstellä. 😂😂😂 Wir konnten nicht mehr vor lachen.
After learning German for ~2-4 years in school and informally (radio, music, tv), I want to start learning Swiss German 😄 ! I was wondering if you have any advice for: Learning Swiss German spoken in Züg (since there are a few people in my network that can connect me to a company in Züg) And do you recommend any Swiss French or Swiss German music? I turn on the internet radio (RTS, SRF, RSI) but most of the time I listen to it, they play English music 🙃 Anyhow, thank you and please do keep making Swiss German language (slang, phrases, pronunciation tips) learning videos 🙂! Thank you! A viewer from Los Angeles
Hey, I am happy you enjoyed it! It‘s cool that you want to learn Swiss German and music certainly helps! What kind of music do you like? A classic (although a bit older) is Mani Matter. Popular Swiss Rock is Göla, popular hip hop is Bligg. Contemporary artists exist a lot nowadays. If you search „Mundart“ you will get some Swiss German music 😉 and if you listen to Eviva Radio on DAB you get some alpine music as it‘s the farmer‘s choice radio 😄 i think i will make some more language videos! Take care!
@@SwitzerlandInsider 😯! Bligg is awesome! Thanks for sharing this, please do share more Swiss German hip-hop artists 🙂! It's hard to find regional foreign music when searching overseas (i.e. iTunes, Spotify, etc) unless your locale settings are set to that and if you know what/who to search for! I've been attempting switching my locale settings for my accounts (i.e. Amazon, Google, iTunes) and adding a VPN for foreign countries, but I still get search content from the US 🙃. Also, Google forces you to revert your locale settings if your settings are for a different locale and have been searching in a different part of the world for a while. Anyhow, please do share more! Any content that a non-Swiss person or Swiss language learner would not know (i.e. who is Globi ) or find out by speaking with locals is gold 🙂! Thanks in advance, and thanks again!
@@jd7929 Yeah this is always a thing with these setting… cool that you like Swiss hip hop. Some more artists are: Lo & Leduc, Nemo, Mimiks, Steff la Cheffe, Breitbild, Knackeboul, Sektion Kuchikäschtli, Chlyklass and Black Tiger. I hope thats a good selection for now 😉 I will post more entertainment related content 👌😊
@@jd7929 Hey, just saw this and thought I might add to the list. It's interesting. Just a side note. You can take your swiss and up until you reach Mannheim or so, you can actually still speak swiss and the people will generally understand. Personally, as someone who can follow Schwäbisch and write with it, I find people from Basel to be way more easy to understand than from Zürich. Anyways, Hier d'onda hao ii ebbes na'gschriebe für dich. (Hier da unten habe ich etwas hingeschrieben für dich.) (For example, in Switzerland as far as I know it's "öppis" (etwas) and "öpper" (jemand (or jem'r) whereas here around Stuttgart and in the Black Forest it's "ebbes/eppes/epp's" (etwas) and "ebber/epper" for jemand (also jem'r). L Loko & Drini Soukey Morow Eliel & Rojhat Cinnay REA & OVE Pronto Mira Mare DAWILL Stereo Luchs LCone Z the Freshman STR808 SQUAD KimBo Mondetto Starter tip if you haven't figured it out, ALL -st sounds up until you reach Mannheim in Germany about (and even into Hessen) make the -scht sound.
with other words, if you speak english, most Swiss speak english anyway. Or, high German will do. It is our reading language. But, I was talking to a Zuercher and I am ae Frutiger. So, I talked to the Zuercher and there was silence. After a while he asked: parlez vous francais? So, that is as different as our dialects are. Hard to understand each other. But, I would not have it any other way. We are unique and that is wonderful.
If you want to speak to locals in the last farm village of the mountain then you may not go far with English. But I can offer you this: on our website (link in description) you will find a way to contact me and I will try and bridge the language gap if there is a need 😉 if you go to see administration (called Gemeinde oder Gemeindehaus) they will most likely speak English.
Swiss German is never necessary, everyone from school age who speaks Swiss German also speaks German. For Swiss officials German and French (or French and German in the French part) are mandatory, most speak also some Italian due to the big number of immigrants. You can reasonably expect also some English in cities and suburban areas and in tourist places, but not necessarily in rural places out of nowhere.
you dont..just dont, nah just think about what other people might think when you speak 0.5 words per minute (Bern) or if you live in zürich (like me) people might not like you in other regions (my dad lives in thun and when i visit him, i try to speak a bit slower to locals there, so i don't feel im from the other side of the world)
Hallo Greg. Ich bin Francophon-Schweizer (aus Kanton Bern) und was du am Ende sagst ist ganz richtig. Wenn man Bärndütsch nicht ganz richtig spricht, oder mit einem nicht-berner Akzent, antworten die Leute fast immer auf Hochdeutsch. Es ist sicher nicht böse gemeint, aber das hilft mir gar nicht, um meinen Schwitzerdütsch zu verbessern. In der Vergangenheit bin ich häufig nach St-Gallen gefahren und dieses Phänomen habe ich dort nicht bemerkt (vielleicht weil der Dialekt und Akzent "leichter" sind). In den Zweisprachigen Kantonen (Bern, Fribourg, Valais) sind Schwitzerdütsch-Dialekten paradoxweise nicht die einfachsten und ich habe bemerkt, dass die Romands häufig Schwierigkeiten haben, Schwitzerdütsch zu lernen und bleiben lieber mit Hochdeutsch. Ich habe deinen Kanal frisch entdeckt und schon einpaar Videos gesehen. Ich bin selber Schweizer und finde deine Videos trotzdem sehr hilfreich. Keep up the good work. :)
Hallo, danke für deinen Input und deine Erfahrungen 😄👌 da habe ich wieder was gelernt! Es freut mich, dass du unsere Videos schaust und ich möchte dafür Danke sagen 👌😊
Middle fingers all over the map. 😂 dually noted don’t say Gruezi. German is insanely hard enough. Let alone trying to keep up with Cantons. Germany German gotcha. I am banking on Geneve so I can just adapt the French a bit. Least I have a base there. Tho I still feel I wish I could learn German. Since I clicked on your video to hear. It’s just harder than Arabic to me.
Hey Thabang, thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it a lot! The Romansh is officially called Rumantsch Grischun and it‘s a common ground language for this region. So it was specifically created. The necessity came about as people started to move more inside the region. Before there were different Romansh dialects that were so different in itself that people from one valley couldnt understand the people from the neighbouring valley. So now this Rumantsch Grischun is the fourth national language and about 1% of the population speak it. The area is in Graubünden and it‘s absolutely amazing there. But in a sense you are right, all the languages are somehow made up and accepted by the people that speak it 👌😊
So you are basically saying that is you don’t speak the dialect in a certain place you are discriminated? Sounds like racism to me. Swiss people think their dialect is so special. Like if it was another language but it is not. It is just a simplified Version of German. A lazy version of German and it also sounds as bad as German sound. I wish Swiss German could become an official language. I live in St. Gallen and the dialect sounds similar to yours. I am tired of people telling me I must learn official German when everyone speaks only the dialect and they dislike speaking German. How can I learn a language that the locals hate to speak? I am having a hard time here and I’ve been in Switzerland almost for 5 years and I am married with a Swiss. Please can you give me any advices. I really would like to learn only the dialect
You summed it up really well! 😄 its hard to give advice as you know you have had no problem with speaking english the last couple of years! But you want to learn. So do it 😄 forget what everyone thinks! I made this video to prevent long faces for people who dont know about the situation, but you clearly do! I wish you all the best! Du wirsch din wäg finde!
Yes our many dialects are niche languages. They are not widely understood. Even Facebook can't automatically translate them. I suggest you never talk about 'swiss German' as it can't be quantified. Whittle it down to the different regions in the different Cantons which makes more sense. If you speak high German then there is no need to learn local dialects. Incidentally Germany also has a fair number of dialects which are almost impossible to understand, so they too have to use high German. When I speak English I have a kiwi accent, slightly posh, because that's where I live. Best wishes Verena
Even if we say that Swiss German is a 'dialect', it still takes a long time to learn a true dialect. The issue is more about standardization, and since there is no standard form of Swiss German, that makes it quite difficult to learn. However, I think Swiss German will survive longer than most other German dialects precisely because it is not standardized (paradoxically). But if you really see what Swiss Germans are pronouncing when they are speaking, you will realize that Swiss German is almost as far apart from standard German as Portuguese is from Spanish. It's only called 'German' because it's sort of German-like. And every Swiss German dialect is a bit like its own secret local language, which is how most dialects USED to be across Europe (even in England). Maybe it's just because of the isolation of the mountains?
So nice Greg! Thank you so much for this lovely videos! So funny and so useful!
Herzlichen Glückwunsch. Vielen Dank für ein interessantes Video und nützliche Informationen. Und nicht auf leere Kritik achten. Nochmals vielen Dank.
I'm 6 months in Switzerland, I speak B1 German. As soon as I start speaking Hochdeutsch people's face change lol...especially people in their 40-70s. I feel the elderly and the younger generations are nicer. But in general I've found that the people although kind are very narrow minded unfortunately. The official language is High German but some refuse to speak it😂 What a weird place. My grandfather was from Bern but he never taught us these things and he was always very nice to everybody. I lived in England and Spain before, I'm Spanish. I live in Kanton Zürich now.
"Rumantsch which is made up" lmaooo - greetings from a Rumantsch speaker
Yes, I was confused when he said that.
Greg you are THE BEST presenter of Switzerland there is.
Haha thanks
I love your videos I recently moved to CH and I find your videos hilarious
Welcome to Switzerland, I wish you great experiences!
Nice explanation Greg about the culture of swiss german, in near future swiss that ARE natural talented polyglots can do swiss german that have links with hig German, alsacian, walser german,bavarian german, cimbric german, limburguish, luxemburguish 👍.
I understand you so much the swiss german today is very cantonal municipal, in other words exista many swiss germans, better a people speak high german or austro bavarian german, and luxemburguish than ALL swisses german that's Impossible cos are many dialects by canton.👍👍🫂🫂🥂🥂🥂
Dude! You just broke my heart. A few months ago I decided to learn French on a phone app, and Swiss German from youtube for when I visit/maybe move to CH. And that's when I saw your other video on Swiss German. But I'm sad to hear this thing about the feelings people have based on Canton dialect. Well, a couple of weeks ago I decided to use the app for regular German because I thought traditional German would have more use for paperwork in Switzerland and speaking in Germany and Austria. Now I guess it's definitely the way to go.
Hey Dave! You can still do it man 😄 look the thing is that it‘s present but if you are a good guy, you will overcome this easily 😉 it‘s a process and i wish you the best of luck and most of all fun!
@@SwitzerlandInsider Thanks man for the encouragement. Keep up the good work with your videos!
Thanks Dave! Let me know if you have some Seiss German and German questions 😉
Haha, well as "the date" get's closer, I might just ask a few more questions. You've done very helpful videos on seeing sights most people ignore--and I take notes! On paper! So I'm...excited, and nnnnneeeerrrrvvoooouss...
Okay sure! 😊 thanks, I am happy that you get to take something from my videos 😄👌
Hoi Greg! I'm learning now Swissgerman from online platform:) Interesting to know, that the dialect has connection with mentality of each region. With my German, I've still difficulties with pronunciation and writing in Swissgerman:) Danke vilmal! Liebi Grüess us Indonesien!
Hey Dina, writing is a whole different story 😄 aber es freut mich, dass du die schöni Sprach lernsch! Mach‘s guet 😊
@@SwitzerlandInsider How many dialects are there in Switzerland, Greg? 26? Like the number of cantons? Mach's guet au ☺️
@@justinagritzan i have no idea 😄 i would say less, but it‘s probably more 😉
@@SwitzerlandInsider I would say, there are many more then there are cantons. I am from the “Kandertal”. My dialect is different from the “Stadt Bern” dialect. My sister in law is from Wengen. I took us a while to really understand each other. Then there is the Emmental. It is funny to hear a “Spisser talk to an Emmentaler….. You have to experience that…….We all are from the canton Bern.
@@trudidolder6122 Very true, I will try to look for the different dialects next time Im in Kanton Bern!
Great info, thanks!
Hauptsach of de Charte eifach "Capuns"... Aber au die andere Charte, vorallem die metem Mittelfinger gäg Zöri, send de hammer! :-P
Werd mi definitiv mol no dör es paar Videos vo der döre klicke!
Danke Philip, versueche doch au chli Mehrwert für Schwiizer Zueschauer z bringe :-)
I plan on retiring in Lucerne, Switzerland in about 2 years. We live in Vancouver, BC, Canada at the moment. I have been learning High German for the last 3 months and hoped to learn that I can speak German in Luzern when We arrive. We plan on taking Swiss-German classes upon our arrival. Do you think taking Swiss-German classes is necessary? I really value your opinion. Best, Tess
Usually us swiss german speaking people understand standard german because we learn it in school. Most of us will probably ask you whether you understand swiss german or not and will automatically switch to standard german if you don't. However, some swiss people have a pretty strong accent when speaking standard german, especially older people, while younger people will try to sound more german. All in all you will be able to communicate and live a normal life speaking only standard german in Switzerland, so it is not particularly necessary to learn swiss german, but if you plan on settling permanently, I'd recommend you to learn it. Not only is it a beautiful and interesting language with a lot of unique expressions that are funny and charming, it is also pretty easy to learn when you already know standard german and it will also help you to get to know and understand swiss people and swiss culture a little bit better. :-)
My honest opinion is that you will just do fine with english 😄 you can learn swiss german when youre here and enjoy the process 👌
Hey, i would love to hear from you, why people from other Kantons dont like people from Zürich. Thx for sharing it.
Hey I have planned to make such a video soon. It has mainly to do with a different mentality… people from Zurich like to work and advance whereas people from other more rural cantons like a more traditional life. Also they are often seen as arrogant and that is not untrue 😊
I would disagree with you to a certain extent. I would encourage people to learn both at the same time. Before visiting Switzerland I had only learnt hoch-deutsch. Unfortunately it made the people I interacted with less comfortable than when I made the effort to learn their dialect. I also felt more socially isolated as I was unable to catch the meaning of a lot of what people were saying to each other.
Like your sense of humor man, lol, thanks for the advice :)
I am happy that you liked the bits I included! Thanks :-)
@@SwitzerlandInsider By the way, why people from other cantons don't like those who are from Zurich? Switzerland seems friendly, but apperently not to everyone :)
Hello! I have a Swiss German friend who uses the word “lml” pronounced as “lermal” but have been trying to find out what it actually means. Can some Swiss Germans help?
After living in Germany for a couple of years, I consider moving to Ticino. Is Swiss-Italian a regular Italian or also a dialect that have little to do with the main language? I find Hochdeutsch being almost useless in terms of understanding Swiss, regardless of the Canton they come from :)
the swiss italian is a dialect, but i think you should be fine with regular italian and get to learn the swiss italian along the way. however i am not an expert in this matter.
In Ticino we speak proper Italian and the dialect of the region you are (there are many regions and valleys).
It's good to know the dialect because many people uses it regularly, but I'm myself a native Ticinese and I don't speak dialect, only Italian, and I've never had problems (I understand the dialect well, but I'm not used at all to speak it and my mother and friends always tells me that my dialect is weird and that's better that I've avoid to speak it 😀).
Ich war mal im Wallis im WK, wir standen mit dem Puch an einer Ampel, auf einmal riss ein Walliser die Türe auf und brüllte: Ihr huere Grüezis, händ er nöt glernt de Motor abzstellä. 😂😂😂 Wir konnten nicht mehr vor lachen.
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Greetings from Sank Gallen, we also say Grüezi :)
After learning German for ~2-4 years in school and informally (radio, music, tv), I want to start learning Swiss German 😄 !
I was wondering if you have any advice for:
Learning Swiss German spoken in Züg (since there are a few people in my network that can connect me to a company in Züg)
And do you recommend any Swiss French or Swiss German music? I turn on the internet radio (RTS, SRF, RSI) but most of the time I listen to it, they play English music 🙃
Anyhow, thank you and please do keep making Swiss German language (slang, phrases, pronunciation tips) learning videos 🙂!
Thank you!
A viewer from Los Angeles
Hey, I am happy you enjoyed it! It‘s cool that you want to learn Swiss German and music certainly helps! What kind of music do you like? A classic (although a bit older) is Mani Matter. Popular Swiss Rock is Göla, popular hip hop is Bligg. Contemporary artists exist a lot nowadays. If you search „Mundart“ you will get some Swiss German music 😉 and if you listen to Eviva Radio on DAB you get some alpine music as it‘s the farmer‘s choice radio 😄 i think i will make some more language videos! Take care!
@@SwitzerlandInsider
😯! Bligg is awesome! Thanks for sharing this, please do share more Swiss German hip-hop artists 🙂! It's hard to find regional foreign music when searching overseas (i.e. iTunes, Spotify, etc) unless your locale settings are set to that and if you know what/who to search for!
I've been attempting switching my locale settings for my accounts (i.e. Amazon, Google, iTunes) and adding a VPN for foreign countries, but I still get search content from the US 🙃. Also, Google forces you to revert your locale settings if your settings are for a different locale and have been searching in a different part of the world for a while.
Anyhow, please do share more! Any content that a non-Swiss person or Swiss language learner would not know (i.e. who is Globi ) or find out by speaking with locals is gold 🙂!
Thanks in advance, and thanks again!
@@jd7929 Yeah this is always a thing with these setting… cool that you like Swiss hip hop. Some more artists are: Lo & Leduc, Nemo, Mimiks, Steff la Cheffe, Breitbild, Knackeboul, Sektion Kuchikäschtli, Chlyklass and Black Tiger. I hope thats a good selection for now 😉 I will post more entertainment related content 👌😊
@@jd7929 Hey, just saw this and thought I might add to the list.
It's interesting. Just a side note. You can take your swiss and up until you reach Mannheim or so, you can actually still speak swiss and the people will generally understand. Personally, as someone who can follow Schwäbisch and write with it, I find people from Basel to be way more easy to understand than from Zürich. Anyways,
Hier d'onda hao ii ebbes na'gschriebe für dich. (Hier da unten habe ich etwas hingeschrieben für dich.)
(For example, in Switzerland as far as I know it's "öppis" (etwas) and "öpper" (jemand (or jem'r) whereas here around Stuttgart and in the Black Forest it's "ebbes/eppes/epp's" (etwas) and "ebber/epper" for jemand (also jem'r).
L Loko & Drini
Soukey
Morow
Eliel & Rojhat
Cinnay
REA & OVE
Pronto
Mira Mare
DAWILL
Stereo Luchs
LCone
Z the Freshman
STR808 SQUAD
KimBo
Mondetto
Starter tip if you haven't figured it out, ALL -st sounds up until you reach Mannheim in Germany about (and even into Hessen) make the -scht sound.
Hey cool video 🙂
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Vouträffer!!!
Gruess ä Bärner😂😂😂
with other words, if you speak english, most Swiss speak english anyway. Or, high German will do. It is our reading language. But, I was talking to a Zuercher and I am ae Frutiger. So, I talked to the Zuercher and there was silence. After a while he asked: parlez vous francais? So, that is as different as our dialects are. Hard to understand each other. But, I would not have it any other way. We are unique and that is wonderful.
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For official matters in Switzerland which German language is recommended? (Swiss or standard) or both?
Official german is standard german
Thank you@@SwitzerlandInsider
Hello, little heads up, people from Austria are Austrians 😉
Question. If I go to Switzerland to visit and do research on my family, is it important to speak Swiss German?
If you want to speak to locals in the last farm village of the mountain then you may not go far with English. But I can offer you this: on our website (link in description) you will find a way to contact me and I will try and bridge the language gap if there is a need 😉 if you go to see administration (called Gemeinde oder Gemeindehaus) they will most likely speak English.
Swiss German is never necessary, everyone from school age who speaks Swiss German also speaks German. For Swiss officials German and French (or French and German in the French part) are mandatory, most speak also some Italian due to the big number of immigrants. You can reasonably expect also some English in cities and suburban areas and in tourist places, but not necessarily in rural places out of nowhere.
you dont..just dont, nah just think about what other people might think when you speak 0.5 words per minute (Bern) or if you live in zürich (like me) people might not like you in other regions (my dad lives in thun and when i visit him, i try to speak a bit slower to locals there, so i don't feel im from the other side of the world)
0:01 Most Swiss thing I know: "Its not possible to learn swiss german, Dont even try"
Hallo Greg. Ich bin Francophon-Schweizer (aus Kanton Bern) und was du am Ende sagst ist ganz richtig. Wenn man Bärndütsch nicht ganz richtig spricht, oder mit einem nicht-berner Akzent, antworten die Leute fast immer auf Hochdeutsch. Es ist sicher nicht böse gemeint, aber das hilft mir gar nicht, um meinen Schwitzerdütsch zu verbessern.
In der Vergangenheit bin ich häufig nach St-Gallen gefahren und dieses Phänomen habe ich dort nicht bemerkt (vielleicht weil der Dialekt und Akzent "leichter" sind).
In den Zweisprachigen Kantonen (Bern, Fribourg, Valais) sind Schwitzerdütsch-Dialekten paradoxweise nicht die einfachsten und ich habe bemerkt, dass die Romands häufig Schwierigkeiten haben, Schwitzerdütsch zu lernen und bleiben lieber mit Hochdeutsch.
Ich habe deinen Kanal frisch entdeckt und schon einpaar Videos gesehen. Ich bin selber Schweizer und finde deine Videos trotzdem sehr hilfreich. Keep up the good work. :)
Hallo, danke für deinen Input und deine Erfahrungen 😄👌 da habe ich wieder was gelernt! Es freut mich, dass du unsere Videos schaust und ich möchte dafür Danke sagen 👌😊
@@SwitzerlandInsider Danke dir! Es freut mich auch, deine Videos zu schauen.
I LEARNED NORMAL GERMAN AND GREW UP SPEAKING IT… NOW I FIND PEOPLE WHO DONT SPEAK HIGH GERMAN AND I LIVE IN BASEL AND IM LEARNING SWISS GERMAN
Middle fingers all over the map. 😂 dually noted don’t say Gruezi. German is insanely hard enough. Let alone trying to keep up with Cantons. Germany German gotcha. I am banking on Geneve so I can just adapt the French a bit. Least I have a base there. Tho I still feel I wish I could learn German. Since I clicked on your video to hear. It’s just harder than Arabic to me.
Hey. I'm a recent subscriber and I've noticed that you always say Romansch is made up. What do you mean by this? Arent all languages made up?
Hey Thabang, thanks for subscribing! I appreciate it a lot! The Romansh is officially called Rumantsch Grischun and it‘s a common ground language for this region. So it was specifically created. The necessity came about as people started to move more inside the region. Before there were different Romansh dialects that were so different in itself that people from one valley couldnt understand the people from the neighbouring valley. So now this Rumantsch Grischun is the fourth national language and about 1% of the population speak it. The area is in Graubünden and it‘s absolutely amazing there.
But in a sense you are right, all the languages are somehow made up and accepted by the people that speak it 👌😊
@@SwitzerlandInsider Thanks for the clarification, I get what you mean now. I'll hit the bell notification!
@@thabangtshepe550 I have never actually explained that, so thanks for bringing this up :-) Thanks for the bell, I will do my best to make it worth!
and I plan to migrate here and want to learn German.... oh my gosh I am officially intimidated
"E bin an bündner Steinbock,,
I wouldn't say it is made up of accents. Only when German Swiss speak high German they have a Swiss accent. Quite pronounced as the case may be 😂😂😂
Hopp Bärndüütsch für immer
Your english sound suspiciously mexican, Bro🤣 Aber so schnurred mer viellicht halt in Züri! Aber geile Humor!!👍🏻👍🏻🤣
You are funny!
Austrialians 👽
So you are basically saying that is you don’t speak the dialect in a certain place you are discriminated? Sounds like racism to me. Swiss people think their dialect is so special. Like if it was another language but it is not. It is just a simplified Version of German. A lazy version of German and it also sounds as bad as German sound. I wish Swiss German could become an official language. I live in St. Gallen and the dialect sounds similar to yours. I am tired of people telling me I must learn official German when everyone speaks only the dialect and they dislike speaking German. How can I learn a language that the locals hate to speak? I am having a hard time here and I’ve been in Switzerland almost for 5 years and I am married with a Swiss. Please can you give me any advices. I really would like to learn only the dialect
You summed it up really well! 😄 its hard to give advice as you know you have had no problem with speaking english the last couple of years! But you want to learn. So do it 😄 forget what everyone thinks! I made this video to prevent long faces for people who dont know about the situation, but you clearly do! I wish you all the best! Du wirsch din wäg finde!
@@SwitzerlandInsider thanks 🙏🏼
Yes our many dialects are niche languages. They are not widely understood. Even Facebook can't automatically translate them. I suggest you never talk about 'swiss German' as it can't be quantified. Whittle it down to the different regions in the different Cantons which makes more sense. If you speak high German then there is no need to learn local dialects. Incidentally Germany also has a fair number of dialects which are almost impossible to understand, so they too have to use high German. When I speak English I have a kiwi accent, slightly posh, because that's where I live. Best wishes
Verena
Really? So Swiss react more nicely to German-speakers than they do to Swiss-German speakers? REALLY?
No
Basel > Züri
Hesch‘s krokodil uf di falsch siite gmacht 😉
@@SwitzerlandInsider 😂
Are you half Swiss ? You look Greek.
No, I get tan easily.
Rumantsch is a made up language🤣🤣🤣👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Ass backwards SVP Appenzellers Grüezi it hat ain’t Zurich by no means.