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Swiss Standard German
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Proper noun
Swiss Standard German
The form of the German language used for publishing, broadcasting and writing in Switzerland and Liechtenstein, as distinguished from the Swiss German language used in speech.
en 1990 Stephen Barbour; Patrick Stevenson Variation in German: A Critical Approach to German Sociolinguistics 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.
en 1995 Michael G. Clyne The German Language in a Changing Europe 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
Georgian: ka შვეიცარიული სტანდარტული გერმანული
German: de Schweizerhochdeutsch n
Polish: pl gwara szwajcarska języka niemieckiego f
See also
en Swiss German
en German Languages Switzerland