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‖ Schweizerdeutsch, Schwyzertütsch|ˈʃvaɪtsərdɔɪtʃ, ˈʃviːtsərtyːtʃ| Also Schwei(t)zer-Deutsch, Schwyzerdütsch, etc. [G. Schweizerdeutsch, Swiss G. Schwyzertütsch.] a. Swiss German dialect. b. A Swiss German; also collect.
1934Priebsch & Collinson German Lang. vii. 326 The Alemannic group includes Swabian..; High Alemannic (with ‘Schwyzerdütsch’ and the dialects of the southern parts of the Black Forest and Vorarlberg)..; Low Alemannic. 1953U. Weinreich Languages in Contact ii. 14 Schwyzertütsch, an Alemannic dialect,..spoken in the village of Thusis. 1961[see Luxemburgisch]. 1963I. Fleming On H.M. Secret Service xxiv. 257 Swiss Air Control, in thick Schwyzerdütch, asked them politely to identify themselves. 1963Guardian 22 Aug. 6/6 The cast of the Zurich opera doing ‘Porgy and Bess’ in black faces and Schweizerdeutsch. 1963Punch 18 Sept. 399/2 Your single word of Schwyzertütsch will trigger a multitude of pleased smiles. 1964‘P. Quentin’ Family Skeletons ii. 61 The pleasure steamer on Lac Leman..the drunken Schweizer-Deutsch trying to get fresh with her. 1969Beaver Summer 6/2 Three of the sailors come in and talk the harsh Schweitzer-Deutsch of Basle. 1974F. Nolan Oshawa Project xxxi. 186 You speak Schweizer-Deutsch very well. 1978Ld. Hailsham Dilemma of Democracy xxv. 163 Schwyzer Dütsch, Suisses Romands, and Ticinese can form one Switzerland. |