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3 unusual facts about Swiss German


Benjamin Conz

Benjamin started his career in the 2007–08 with the Swiss U20 team, which competes in National League B (NLB or Nationalliga B in Swiss German).

After moderate showing in the NLB, he signed his first professional contract with Genève-Servette HC of National League A (NLA or Nationalliga A in Swiss German).

Muttbach-Belvédère Station

In the Swiss German dialect, the expression Haltestelle normally refers to a railway facility without points or switches, where scheduled trains are allowed to stop, depart or terminate.


Bergish dialects

Contrasting the abovementioned two Bergish groups, Ripuarian Bergish languages belong to the Middle German group, and thus are High German varieties, together with e.g. Austro-Bavarian, and Swiss German, among many others.

Hans Herbjørnsrud

The team moved the story to Switzerland and substituted standard German, Swiss German, Romansh and various Swiss dialects for the original's languages and dialects.

Roland Zoss

After travelling the world, performing in the "Troubadour" in L.A. he made success in Europe in 2004 with the album Härzland ('heartland') with Swiss German translations of the Leonard Cohen song First We Take Manhattan (Zersch näh me mer Manhattan) and the Elvis Presley song In the Ghetto.


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Alena Gerber

After numerous appearances on German IPTV channels she started hosting the Zurich Nightlife show usgang.tv (usgang means "going out"/"clubbing" in Swiss German).

Basel Institute for Immunology

The Basel Institute for Immunology (BII) was founded in 1969 as a basic research institute in immunology located at 487 Grenzacherstrasse, Basel, Switzerland on the Rhine River down the street from the main Hoffmann-La Roche campus near the Swiss-German border.

High German consonant shift

Whereas some are found only in the southern parts of Alemannic (which includes Swiss German) or Bavarian (which includes Austrian), most are found throughout the Upper German area, and some spread on into the Central German dialects.

Hot 8 Brass Band

In 2009, the band add its New Orleans style to an "Iko Iko" cover song of the Swiss band Schtärneföifi, who re-recorded their Swiss German version from 1995's Heicho - Ohni Znacht is Bed together with The Dixie Cups in New Orleans.

Pays-d'Enhaut District

It borders the Swiss-German Saanenland and the famous resort of Gstaad.

Peter Alan Rayner

He is survived by his Swiss wife Madeleine from Schaffhausen, who caused Rayner to learn Schweizerdeutsch (Swiss German), four children and eight grandchildren.

Sberna

This Pre-Roman dialect (the Swiss Rhaetian or Raetia) is one of four official languages of Switzerland by the Swiss German, Swiss Italian and Swiss French.

Seyler

Seyler family, a Swiss-German family of artists and bankers, including

Thomas Helbling

Although there had been several rows tied language representation in the Federal Chancellery during the appointment of his predecessors - Swiss French politicians having complained that the chancellery was in purely Swiss-German hands after the nomination of both Corina Casanova and Oswald Sigg.

Uniforms and insignia of the Luftwaffe

Hanhart Chronograph which was a One-Button watch made by Swiss-German manufacturer, Hanhart.