A Quick Guide to the Swiss German Language

Learn Swiss German with my online language course for beginners! In this video, you’ll get started with Swiss German and you'll get to know some key facts about Switzerland.

🔥 Link to additional learning material for this video no. 1 (for Patrons only):

If you'd like to learn Schwyzerdütsch or Schweizerdeutsch, then this is the place to be!

Content:
► The 4 official languages of Switzerland
► Is Swiss German or Schwiizerdütsch a language?
► How many dialects are there?
► Why are there so many dialects?
► Do Swiss people understand all those dialects?
► If I know German, will I understand Swiss German?
► Do Swiss people understand German?
► Am I fine using English in Switzerland?

#LearnSwissGerman #SwissGerman #Schweizerdeutsch

[markmorabito]

I'm so glad that this channel exists. There really are not many resources out there for learning Swiss German (there's even less resources for learning Rumantsch!). I'm addicted to learning languages! I speak fluent English (native), Portuguese, and Esperanto. I've been studying Italian, German (Standard), and Chinese. I'm planning on visiting Switzerland next year, so I decided to also pick up some Swiss German. I love speaking the native language of the countries I visit, I feel like I have a different experience than I would if I just spoke English.

[utube]

to count all the Swiss dialects, you simply count the amount of villages, and you will come up with pretty correct number :)

[briannahofmann]

I love what you are doing. I want to learn to impress my family. They all speak it, except me. I think they would be pleasantly surprised. DANKE

[ahmedmohamedelsayed]

I started to learn with you. Today is my first day. You are really a good teacher.

[KairraKat]

I think your channel will be invaluable for me! I'm a native English speaker, living on the Polish German border but I'll be moving to Basel in around 3 or 4 years. I speak German only to A2/B1 level (depends on who I'm talking to and how fast they speak!) and I heard you needed to be B1 in German at least to learn Swiss German. Hearing you say that it's a standalone language means I can learn it from scratch without worrying about improving my existing German skills 😊 Can't wait to make my way through your content and will likely be checking out your patreon too. Thanks for taking the time to make this content!

[stockholmsunge]

Thank you for making this channel, I'm really excited about your videos! I'm trying to learn Swiss German but I'm currently in a course for high German, so this is a very nice addition!

[shashvatanand]

i got this book HOI your swiss german servival guide... and with these videos its more easy to learn swiss german...keep up the good work..

[Nnajiozor-Anthony]

Am really excited to start this lesson with you

[THE_JACKAL]

I'm making arrangements to move permanently to Zurich next year and your lessons has been precious to me, not only in terms of learning swiss german but also understanding the culture and the ' Geist der Schweizer Nation '

[randyhunsuckerhunziker]

Enjoying learning Swiss-German from your videos!! Merci!!!
My last name is actually Hunziker, and I’m excited about coming to Switzerland in July 2022. Hopefully COVID won’t de-rail my plans.
But, just wanted to thank

[worldrelaxation]

Please keep up what you're doing. There are so many people out there who need your help to improve their ability to understand and speak Swiss German. Great JOB!!!

[bert]

Vidéo idea : how der/die/das and their declinations translate from German to Swiss German?

[fleeb]

i love your content ! im starting from your oldest video to newest ! i cant wait to be fluent in swiss german, thank you for posting videos it really helps a lot !

[bokeronct]

Grüezi!

In a similar way to Andalusia, what we speak in the region, depends on where you are. You might have trouble understanding the dialect of the villages around you (not as much as the people from Madrid, though!) and similarly to you, we can more or less tell from which area someone comes by the way they speak.

And, as in Swiss German, Andalusian dialects are only spoken. Or it should be, since some people try to write in Andalusian!

I live in Baden-Württemberg, by the way, so I get some exposure to Swiss German and it sometimes sounds very musical even though it's hard to understand :-)

[readisgooddewaterkant]

very good. I like that the dialect is used in Switzerland. i wish it was the same for low german

[SimonHorrocks]

Great video! Looking forward to learning more 😍 Ciao!

[fleeb]

just discovered your youtube channel from here in los angeles, i want to vist and perhaps live in switzerland so im learning all four dialects and am starting with swiss german

[outriputri]

Hai mrs, thankyou so much for your videos. It helps me a lot for learn swiss german. I hope you hv a very bright and happy live everyday! Have a good day!

I'll always wait for you videos update!

[indirarao]

This is great! Thank you:)
So needed something like this. Look forward to the next set of videos.

[lynda_lou]

Hello from Australia! I am so excited to find you, because i cant find Swiss German anywhere 😀