SchweizerdeutschSchwyzertütschn.
/ˈʃvʌɪtsərdɔɪtʃ/ /ˈʃviːtsərtuːtʃ/ 1. Swiss German dialect.
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Schweizerdeutsch1934
Swiss-German1964
1934 R. C. Priebsch & W. E. 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.
1953 U. Weinreich Lang. in Contact ii. 14 Schwyzertütsch, an Alemannic dialect,..spoken in the village of Thusis.
1961 R. E. Keller German Dial. 10 These two dialects—or languages—are the daily medium of all classes of 300,000 people in the case of Luxemburgisch and of over three million people in the case of Schwyzertütsch.
1963 I. Fleming On Her Majesty's Secret Service xxiv. 257 Swiss Air Control, in thick Schwyzerdütch, asked them politely to identify themselves.
1963 Guardian 22 Aug. 6/6 The cast of the Zurich opera doing ‘Porgy and Bess’ in black faces and Schweizerdeutsch.
1963 Punch 18 Sept. 399/2 Your single word of Schwyzertütsch will trigger a multitude of pleased smiles.
1969 Beaver Summer 6/2 Three of the sailors come in and talk the harsh Schweitzer-Deutsch of Basle.
1974 F. Nolan Oshawa Project xxxi. 186 You speak Schweizer-Deutsch very well.
2. A Swiss German. Also collective.
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Schweizerdeutsch1964
1964 ‘P. Quentin’ Family Skeletons ii. 61 The pleasure steamer on Lac Leman..the drunken Schweizer-Deutsch trying to get fresh with her.
1978 Ld. Hailsham Dilemma of Democracy xxv. 163 Schwyzer Dütsch, Suisses Romands, and Ticinese can form one Switzerland.
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