Well, Swiss German is not even one of our „official“ languages despite it being the most spoken language here. Kinda strange but it has some feasibility since Swiss German doesn't really have defined spelling and there are many different dialects that have unique words and phrases.
Well, the Habsburgs were not foreign conquerors. They came from what is now Swiss territory, as well as from Alsace and Breisgau. After the Staufers died out, they tried to take over the Duchy of Swabia and the Kingdom of Burgundy. In developing Switzerland, they finally failed with the Swabian War of 1499/1500, and their center of power shifted to Austria from 1282 onwards.
IMO the one single word that defines Switzerland for me is "Eidgenossenschaft" as it refers to a union of equal individuals bound by an oath, as the highest form of mutual commitment. So it reflects the history of the Swiss people and it's development away from feudalism by emphasizing self-governance and equality in a high-trust-society, where members collectively resisted hierarchical rule and gained increasing autonomy.
I agree, we had no reason to stick together, only reason was to be free people under no foreign rule. And you can still see this, like how unpopular European Union is and how each Kanton tries to stay unique.
@alexpetrov6079 that was many "civil wars" for example, 3 wars between catholics and reformed (Kappel twice, Villmergen twice and the Sonderbund) Never the victorious part destroyed or humiliated the party who losses, they didn't go and burn farms and cities but negotiated treaties and make peace: very different that all the other European countries
I have to say it was really interesting I learned a little more today and if i'm being honest it's already funny hearing the english accent in German but it's even better in Swiss german
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Fun fact: the southwestern half of modern Canton Ticino, the districts of Vallemaggia, Locarno, Lugano, and Mendrisio, came into Swiss possession essentially as payment for mercenary work during the Italian Wars of the XVI century. If that hadn't happened, there's a real chance that today Italian would have about the same number of speakers as Romansch in Switzerland, simply because the Swiss-Italian border would be just west of Bellinzona and Biasca.
But in 1815, the people in the conquered places ( canton de Vaud, Ticino, Argaau) decided to be swiss, and places like Valtelina which was given to Piemont Kingdom tried to go back to Switzerland. So even peoples caught by war did like Switzerland.
One little thing. In the swiss german speaking part we only speak german in school. In private we speak swiss german. The swiss german language/dialects near to the austrian and german border can be understand by austrian and germans who life near the border. If you go deeper inside switzerland the dialects are getting harder to understand. There are also dialects in the alps area what some swiss german speakers don’t understand. Go to zermatt by the matterhorn mountain. If an older guy speaks the local dialect i also need some minutes to adapt de dialect. But hey, this is switzerland. We have a bunch of different ways to solve things. But in the end we do it for the whole country. Hope we can save the rätoromanian language.
The origin of Swiss neutrality isn't in that nobody wanted to attack them, it's in them being too small to be likely to benefit from playing the game of great power politics. Many small states in Europe took that position after 1812. When wars came knocking anyways many of them abandoned that strategy, but the Swiss managed to stay neural so they hang on to it. Much like the Swedes did until 2022. For the long term, the Swiss are surrounded on all sides by EU memberstates, and all but one neighbor are in NATO. That makes them safe and able to integrate, but also relatively powerless. I guess we'll see if they choose to become less neutral in exchange for closer cooperation or not. Since 2022 they have cooperated with most sanctions against Russia, which indicates neutrality has its limits.
@@Gohrodyes, he obviously ignored Liechtenstein ("... on all sides surrounded by EU member states..."), probably because it's so small and rather unimportant. It would probably be more correct to say that "Switzerland and Liechtenstein together are surrounded by EU members and, with one exception, NATO members"
well, we could probably also say that Switzerland is surrounded by NATO member states - more precisely, Switzerland together with Liechtenstein and Austria. Which basically means, that these 3 countries are quite safe as long as they keep good relationships with each other and with NATO / the NATO members. Even without being members of NATO, they are basically "shielded" by NATO against many types of hostile attacks by other non-NATO-members, at least as far as ground attacks and violations of their airspace are concerned.
@@tobyk.4911 I think austria isnt really safe in a big europeen war (which counts germany and balkan) because austrias millitary isnt as good as switzerlands and they are at a place that many countries conquer to reach other lands.
if u speak 'normal' (socalled high-german), u can easyly tell appart a german and a swiss person and as a man, who sppeaks the highest high-german possible, i can't even understand a swiss friend of mine if she speaks her native accent
In Ticino we also have dialects but use Italian as common language. German speaking swiss cling to their dialect to differentiate themselves from "official german" as a memory when Germany expressed some interest, mainly culturally to define Switzerland as being part of a pan Germanic cultural ensemble in Europe. So Schwiizerdütsch in Zurich or Bern is sexy while speaking our local Lombard dialect is frown upon by the highly cultured Swiss germans.
For the history of Switzerland in 4 and a half minutes, this was pretty good. You have earned yourself a subscription from switzerland. Though it would be more accurate to say that we are good enough at fighting that the trouble to conquer us wouldn't be worth it. Also, we don't fight fair.
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An we still use the latin term "Confoederatio Helvetica", and it's translation to every other Swiss language. For example the country abbreviation is "CH", and swiss websites end with ".ch"
@@shphoit's not always easy to have a multilingual country where most people don't speak the other language 😅. Many people just resort to speaking English between eachother
That's an error: the French invaded Switzerland not in 1789 but in 1798 during the Directoire and they plundered gold and weapons because they were in an economic disaster. They destroyed and killed everyone in Stans, Nidwald.
Im Swiss and we Swiss are Proud of our Country and Nation! We will, if theres no other way, fight for Our Fatherland until the End! We are a Independent Country and always be! When one Country dare to attack US: Then we got maaaaaaany Suprises for You. 😉 Nobody dare to invade us since 1815 and even Hitler didnt.
I mean, Stalin probably wanted to invade Switzerland, I don't think he would've achived much, and clearly would've lost but yeah, and Hitler respected the country as he was playing by different rules then Stalin did, people in the ex eastern Block understand what I mean by this
The four national languages we have are not a factor of weakness, they make us more united than it may seem. If you are convinced that a language makes a state, then look at us or South Africa. We don’t need a single language, we are already in harmony like this HEIL HELVETIA ❤️
1:59 well thx Napoleon we Become the System that we Have today: Die Direkte Demokratie! Buuut we didnt liked Napoleon: He Made Switzerland to a Puppet state. Many who protested by the Swiss was be shot by the French Army. Napoleon made new cantons (yes that were not states in Switzerland. That are Cantons) and give them stupid names like: Linth or Säntis! Well Yes one of our Cantons was named by him as Säntis. For those who doesnt now: Säntis is a Mountain in Switzerland.
What is Swiss? Tell me, tell me, if you think you know What is Swiss? If you're really Swiss, the question: Will it show? You're into the Swiss, Miss, maybe Swisser than Swiss What is Swiss? -- Tower of Power ... and by "Tower" we mean mountain ... and by "Power" we mean holding everybody's money (Mountain of Countin'?)
Yeah I think the title was a bit too clickbaity, it offended quite a few people, I changed it to something more accurate to the video, let me know any more feedback!
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too underrated u only have 100 subscribers, i thought i was watching someone with like 100k
Thank you!
you completely ignored the existance of swiss german.
Well yes... But actually no.
At the end, he said goodbye (Uf Wiederluege) in Swiss German😅
Well, Swiss German is not even one of our „official“ languages despite it being the most spoken language here. Kinda strange but it has some feasibility since Swiss German doesn't really have defined spelling and there are many different dialects that have unique words and phrases.
Well, the Habsburgs were not foreign conquerors. They came from what is now Swiss territory, as well as from Alsace and Breisgau. After the Staufers died out, they tried to take over the Duchy of Swabia and the Kingdom of Burgundy. In developing Switzerland, they finally failed with the Swabian War of 1499/1500, and their center of power shifted to Austria from 1282 onwards.
IMO the one single word that defines Switzerland for me is "Eidgenossenschaft" as it refers to a union of equal individuals bound by an oath, as the highest form of mutual commitment.
So it reflects the history of the Swiss people and it's development away from feudalism by emphasizing self-governance and equality in a high-trust-society, where members collectively resisted hierarchical rule and gained increasing autonomy.
Bruh, the country literally had civil war where "hierarchial rule" were put in place and "autonomy" was decreased.
I agree, we had no reason to stick together, only reason was to be free people under no foreign rule. And you can still see this, like how unpopular European Union is and how each Kanton tries to stay unique.
@alexpetrov6079 that was many "civil wars" for example, 3 wars between catholics and reformed (Kappel twice, Villmergen twice and the Sonderbund) Never the victorious part destroyed or humiliated the party who losses, they didn't go and burn farms and cities but negotiated treaties and make peace: very different that all the other European countries
I have to say it was really interesting I learned a little more today and if i'm being honest it's already funny hearing the english accent in German but it's even better in Swiss german
Your video is great, a lot of videos don't have conclusions and your's showed that you actually solved the question. I liked and subscribe so you can grow, you deserve it!
Fun fact: the southwestern half of modern Canton Ticino, the districts of Vallemaggia, Locarno, Lugano, and Mendrisio, came into Swiss possession essentially as payment for mercenary work during the Italian Wars of the XVI century. If that hadn't happened, there's a real chance that today Italian would have about the same number of speakers as Romansch in Switzerland, simply because the Swiss-Italian border would be just west of Bellinzona and Biasca.
But in 1815, the people in the conquered places ( canton de Vaud, Ticino, Argaau) decided to be swiss, and places like Valtelina which was given to Piemont Kingdom tried to go back to Switzerland. So even peoples caught by war did like Switzerland.
@@jean-yvessovilla3183 Like I said, the what if hinges on the Italian Wars not happening in the first place.
As a Bavarian, I read the title and thought I heard and read never something so d...!
Nicely edited and well done. I still want Lake Constance in those maps in the beginning!
This is a brilliant video. I can tell that your channel is about to blow up.
One little thing. In the swiss german speaking part we only speak german in school. In private we speak swiss german. The swiss german language/dialects near to the austrian and german border can be understand by austrian and germans who life near the border. If you go deeper inside switzerland the dialects are getting harder to understand. There are also dialects in the alps area what some swiss german speakers don’t understand. Go to zermatt by the matterhorn mountain. If an older guy speaks the local dialect i also need some minutes to adapt de dialect. But hey, this is switzerland. We have a bunch of different ways to solve things. But in the end we do it for the whole country. Hope we can save the rätoromanian language.
One core identity is their hate for Germans.
=> Natalie Rickli
Germans hating Germans
they are germans
Good video
The origin of Swiss neutrality isn't in that nobody wanted to attack them, it's in them being too small to be likely to benefit from playing the game of great power politics. Many small states in Europe took that position after 1812. When wars came knocking anyways many of them abandoned that strategy, but the Swiss managed to stay neural so they hang on to it. Much like the Swedes did until 2022.
For the long term, the Swiss are surrounded on all sides by EU memberstates, and all but one neighbor are in NATO. That makes them safe and able to integrate, but also relatively powerless. I guess we'll see if they choose to become less neutral in exchange for closer cooperation or not. Since 2022 they have cooperated with most sanctions against Russia, which indicates neutrality has its limits.
you meant all but two neighbors are in nato, because liechtenstein and austria arent in nato
@@Gohrodyes, he obviously ignored Liechtenstein ("... on all sides surrounded by EU member states..."), probably because it's so small and rather unimportant.
It would probably be more correct to say that "Switzerland and Liechtenstein together are surrounded by EU members and, with one exception, NATO members"
@@tobyk.4911 true
well, we could probably also say that Switzerland is surrounded by NATO member states - more precisely, Switzerland together with Liechtenstein and Austria. Which basically means, that these 3 countries are quite safe as long as they keep good relationships with each other and with NATO / the NATO members.
Even without being members of NATO, they are basically "shielded" by NATO against many types of hostile attacks by other non-NATO-members, at least as far as ground attacks and violations of their airspace are concerned.
@@tobyk.4911 I think austria isnt really safe in a big europeen war (which counts germany and balkan) because austrias millitary isnt as good as switzerlands and they are at a place that many countries conquer to reach other lands.
if u speak 'normal' (socalled high-german), u can easyly tell appart a german and a swiss person and as a man, who sppeaks the highest high-german possible, i can't even understand a swiss friend of mine if she speaks her native accent
In Ticino we also have dialects but use Italian as common language.
German speaking swiss cling to their dialect to differentiate themselves from "official german" as a memory when Germany expressed some interest, mainly culturally to define Switzerland as being part of a pan Germanic cultural ensemble in Europe.
So Schwiizerdütsch in Zurich or Bern is sexy while speaking our local Lombard dialect is frown upon by the highly cultured Swiss germans.
For the history of Switzerland in 4 and a half minutes, this was pretty good. You have earned yourself a subscription from switzerland. Though it would be more accurate to say that we are good enough at fighting that the trouble to conquer us wouldn't be worth it. Also, we don't fight fair.
They do have a distinct language which is Romansh
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This guy is underrated because this video is top notch editing
Nice one bro ❤
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Thank you so much I really appreciate it!
as a swiss i agree. although our languages are have a really strong acent to the point of german / french ppl not understanding us
Switzerland: best country worldwide ❤
Simply amazing video bro. On par, if not better than much bigger channels, even RealLifeLore. Keep this up and you'll blow up, 100 %.
0:33 I was wondering why only in Greece we call them Elveti (Ελβετοί).
An we still use the latin term "Confoederatio Helvetica", and it's translation to every other Swiss language. For example the country abbreviation is "CH", and swiss websites end with ".ch"
Ohh, that explaines CHF as an abbreviation for Swiss Frank
@@shphoit's not always easy to have a multilingual country where most people don't speak the other language 😅.
Many people just resort to speaking English between eachother
Wow this is so educational. I learned a lot
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That's an error: the French invaded Switzerland not in 1789 but in 1798 during the Directoire and they plundered gold and weapons because they were in an economic disaster. They destroyed and killed everyone in Stans, Nidwald.
3:51 we doenst speak German! We Speak Swiss German (Dialects) not German!
what
Okay Muammar Gadaffi
The canton is called Schwyz, not Schweitz. Schweiz is the german word for switzerland.
I feel offended from the Title alone. 😢
Hallo 👋 Schweizer Bruder
Stimme dir zu Grüess us Züri 🇨🇭 (Zürich)
Im Swiss and we Swiss are Proud of our Country and Nation! We will, if theres no other way, fight for Our Fatherland until the End! We are a Independent Country and always be! When one Country dare to attack US: Then we got maaaaaaany Suprises for You. 😉
Nobody dare to invade us since 1815 and even Hitler didnt.
I mean, Stalin probably wanted to invade Switzerland, I don't think he would've achived much, and clearly would've lost but yeah, and Hitler respected the country as he was playing by different rules then Stalin did, people in the ex eastern Block understand what I mean by this
Hi love your videos. can you please make a Danish video.
Cuz the borders would look weird
You misspelled 'existence' on the thumbnail
Otherwise good video!
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Thanks for catching that!
Schwyz is pronounced more like "Schweetz".
1:01 canton of schwyz, not „schweitz”
The Swiss shall make their own language.
@@marblox_blue we have our own
They already have their own language and it’s called Romansch 😅
@@qwerty_20024 What?
The four national languages we have are not a factor of weakness, they make us more united than it may seem.
If you are convinced that a language makes a state, then look at us or South Africa.
We don’t need a single language, we are already in harmony like this
HEIL HELVETIA ❤️
1:59 well thx Napoleon we Become the System that we Have today: Die Direkte Demokratie!
Buuut we didnt liked Napoleon: He Made Switzerland to a Puppet state. Many who protested by the Swiss was be shot by the French Army. Napoleon made new cantons (yes that were not states in Switzerland. That are Cantons) and give them stupid names like: Linth or Säntis! Well Yes one of our Cantons was named by him as Säntis. For those who doesnt now: Säntis is a Mountain in Switzerland.
Hey I live in Switzerland!
Uncanny auspicious ORDNUNG defines the SwiSSies! Obsessive to be honesto!
This is one question even the Nazis dint bother asking
Canton Schwyz isn't written correctly.. otherwise amazing!
Foremost, he spells it wrong.
r/SwitzerlandIsFake
4:25 / 4:30
Swiss exist because of the Alps , yeah sure 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
To launder money?
It's all about the penknives.
What is Swiss? Tell me, tell me, if you think you know
What is Swiss? If you're really Swiss, the question: Will it show?
You're into the Swiss, Miss, maybe Swisser than Swiss
What is Swiss?
-- Tower of Power
... and by "Tower" we mean mountain
... and by "Power" we mean holding everybody's money
(Mountain of Countin'?)
Clickbait Title
How dare you even ask this question? It's insulting and unnecessary. Switzerland is wildly successful and happy. Why do you exist?
Yeah I think the title was a bit too clickbaity, it offended quite a few people, I changed it to something more accurate to the video, let me know any more feedback!
Money laundering. There, saved you 5 mins.
Yeah you definitely need to educate yourself. Hope it's a joke because if not you're embarrassing