Swiss German 101 for North Americans

[PeanutQuecks]

I'm from Basel and I thought you did really well! I enjoyed watching this video :-)

[axxerr]

huuerä chääschuechä tammi nomou!

[Mrbiggerthanlife]

Lovely, I am British but also a Swiss citizen (through my Grandmother). Currently learning Swiss German so it is nice to see how other countries view the differing dialects :)

[grafititurtle]

im from switzerland to (zuric) and we laught at the berns because the speek so slowly^^

[sammyhill69]

Without wanting to sound pedantic, Bern is not in fact the 'biggest state or canton in Switzerland', Graubünden is!

[Philemonara]

Röaschtigraba xD . Ächt guet gmacht! Really good!

[Knuddel76]

but: Züridüütsch is the only real Swiss german...because we are the elite of Switzerland unlike the Farmers from Berne and the rest of the country...nope, thats not Zürich arrogance, just the truth *g*

[wilbo431]

That is so well done. You really have mastered the Bärndütsch dialect. Merci viumau für üs das z'eige. Viely Grür\ess vo Ouschtralie.

[flamesfearfuture]

Very good job! Sehr guet gmacht!

[carlaxopink]

HOPP SCHWIIZ!!!

[marcopolio421]

well done! getting homesick! machs guet ;) teach em kitchen cabinet: "chuchi chaeschtli" a classic!

[Nockahomer95]

Dä Chäs isch Rääs

[iLOVEBenGee]

She sounds like she is in the exorcist when she says the throat sounds.

[orientaltunes]

please repeat chichichäschtli.

[Ouellette1978]

lol, I live about 10 minutes from Lyss

[Raphacom123]

Ich habe Hochdeutsch für sieben Jahre gelernt, aber ich kann noch nicht EIN Wort auf Schweizerdeutsch verstehen D:

[MrMunari77]

Sorry grandma, the biggest "state" if you want to call it like that, ist Graubünden (Grisons) in the very east of Switzerland.

[MrSebyBrooks]

this is ace :D your pronounciation isnt bad either. schööne tag no! Hoff das de wider moll in unsers schööne land kunsch.

[wamuq]

We make fun of the Bern people, because they're speaking very slowly

[helenamademoiselle]

Hello. I am a swiss german singer and i adore your swiss german! it's marvellous! maybe you can understand my swiss german songs too :)

[OAnnylynO]

lol :D Schwizerdütsch esch scho e z geili Sproch :D

[CrookdRiverWmn]

As an American who lived in Switzerland (Geneva), I'm really impressed!

[tripchicks2]

Merci vieumauu! Very nice of you, everyone. It's just plain fun for this grandma! 

[Enkiaswad]

I'm really impressed ! Usually we hear that American people really don't get Swiss culture at all, why are there 3 different languages ? What, you don't even understand each other ?? Why are there so many dialects in such a small country ?

It's touching to see that there are people who are interested in our small country's culture and languages, even if swiss german is hell to learn and the french speaking swiss people fear it, actually. So bravo to you ! Guet gmacht :)

[Elberiver11]

WOW! That's amazing, an American lady who speaks Swiss German.You are doing it really good!!

[noavailabilitysucks]

chkääääs chkueeeche :D hahaha finds aber toll wie du schwizerdütsch redsch :D respekt !!

wo/wie hesches glernt?

[Pullimagia]

Everyone laughs, because people from Bern are said to be VERY slow

[zPSutter]

bern isn't the biggest city of switzerland - its just the capitol city.

;)

(biggest one is zurich)

[Maidenfairy12]

swiss german is different from german or is it the same thing

[musiclover911000]

@Maidenfairy12 there is three widespread varieties of german: that of austria, of germany and of switzerland, with the one from germany being the most widespread and from switzerland the least. when written one can find only minor differences, but when spoken you can clearly hear where the respective speaker is coming from, going as far as two german native speakers, one from northern germany and the other from switzerland, cannot understand each other at all.

[FrancisJoa]

@musiclover911000 Dafür gibts ja Hochdeutsch, oder ?

[MrThierry1001]

well done :) vieli Grüess from the zurich-area of switzerland

[xxkitxx21]

i recently moved to Swiss this is very helpful >< thank you!!!!!

[KatjaContu]

GOOOSH WOMAN !!!!!!!!!!!! you are GOOOOOOOOOOD !!!!!!! I am Bernese and my love is American... and BOY are you GOOD... continue like that, you are an ASSET :) very very talented and you have a gift for teaching (am a high school teacher myself for languages)... HUGS from Berne !!!!!! tschüssli und dankä fürds genialä video !!!!!! eifach super !!!!!! :D

[huntbug1]

Please never say "dootch" ever again.

[Irishborne]

If I read swiss German I can understand a good portion of it if I concentrate on it. Elsewise just listening I have a very difficult time making out what the Swiss are saying. I can get the gist of it, but no more. Hello from an Austrian-America ----also part irish =?)

[reti2000]

that was awesome =) you seem to be a very open-minded person.

[Nigsas]

I love your Swiss German :D Du machsch das super ;)

[Wassersteinx3]

Verstasch du au Züri Dütsch? Do you understand also zurich german? ( I have to learn english!!!! )

[bedroommistakes]

measi viumau. my english is better than your chäschueche. your a röschtigrabe.

[TheLizardKing1967]

Frischknecht !!!!!!!! # 1

[SwissdRBum]

grüessech im from lyss and i like your schwizerdütsch-lessons very much !! its very funny !! schrib doch bitte zrügg !! :) mersi ! tschüss :)

[NummereZwoi]

You speak very good Swiss German! I know Germans who speak much worse Swiss German then you do. Your "ch" is perfect! If you come to Switzerland again, you should visit St.Gallen, they speak so cute there!

Nur immer schön wiiterüebe! Das chunt scho guet! xD

[HoneyGlenny95]

This is absolutely awesome!

I live in Zurich and I really love your accent, it's so cute :D

You should try Chuchichäschtli (kitchen cabinet) and Elektrizitätswerk (electric power station) :D

Keep trying!

[edineujunior]

I like the way you say "Fellow Americans", you include the whole america and recognize that South/Central and North America are AMERICA. :-)

[KathyLinda1996]

oh my gosh! your german is soooooo good! I know american who could never speak like that! keep on learning more swiss german! tschüsli ( byee )

[GIMMA96]

in jedem kanton gibts es einen verschiedenen kanton^^

[penguin2cute101]

Ich sprace Züritüütsch. Ich komme aus den USA, aber ich wohnte in der Schweiz für 4 Jahre. :-)

[monez14]

"So you get a lot of exercise with your mouth" ...That's what she said

[kalamamba]

Chäs Chuächä hahaha you are awesome!!!

Yeah Bern Style sucks!! whaha

[MultiLaRsii]

Hello, I'm a swiss from Zürich and I like your Swiss German very much!

You're really gifted in languages;)

can you say chuchichäschtli

im 12 years old and learn english in the school...

cake means chuächä

and chuchichäschtli means kitchen box

uuf wiiderluägä

[YouStoleMyTube]

Thank you so much for this video!

[soundofcheat]

chääs chueche xD

[OoFluuoO]

I actually am from switzerland, i had to laugh really hard when you did the Chchch thing, so cute, but it's absolutely true tha we talk like that XD

[shadowoftheday45]

Theres no polish jokes in north america! The Americans make fun of Mexicans and the Russians and the Canadians like me make fun of Amerians.

[nostalgicnineties]

Wrong trivia: Bern is not the biggest canton in Switzerland, it is the second biggest according to population as well as size.

[Jaaydyy]

bern isnt the biggest canton ...^^

im from basel:D

[martilogistik]

I live near Lyss and your swiss german is very nice. Greets from Schüpfen

[Skin69head]

awesome :o) I grew up in Lyss. It's cool you like it so much. ;)

[TeamJusBieberYT]

OMFG I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING!!! :D:D:D:D:D

i'm from Basel and speak basel-dütsch.. it's almost like german.. hahah but i think bern-dütsch and züri-dütsch and all the other swiss accents sound horrible XDD hahah but you pronounce the "ch" way too much!! it sounds like you would puke!! XDD

[busterflex]

@TeamJusBieberYT

tztztz di basler mau wider...;-) Mir gfaut züridütsch u basudütsch derfür weniger...Eher walliserdütsch ;-) Aber isch gschmackssach

[TheRealSpicke]

bern isnt the biggest stat, the biggst is graubünden

but your swiss german is nice :D

[hurehard]

her swiss german sucks

bern sucks

[Avathron]

Haha, thank you very much for that funny lesson, i live near from Biel and i go to school in Lyss. =)

[Routanne]

One of my bosses speaks swiss german, Im going to surprise him and ask what one he speaks. Now if I can just remember them all...

German and Spanish are two I want to learn. Swiss German would be kool to.

[beckasha83]

I actually dated a guy from Romanshorn Switzerland, I think the canton was Thurgau(?) and this is so true.. .with certain words he always sounded like he was hacking up a hairball. Kinda hot though. We still talk , and this video made it even better :)

[saemikneu]

very well explained! Your Swiss German is actually better than your German! funny. The Germans wouldn't understand you anymore (expcept in the South). Greetz from Switzerland (Luzern)

ps. ever tried Walliserdütsch?

[SLADODET]

Shit my nigguh!

[SLADODET]

I know that swiss german speakers make up the majority of switzerland´s population but for the life of me I could have never lived in any swiss german speaking canton,city etc.I spent three years living near Lausanne and thus speak excellent french and I also feel very comfortable visiting Ticino due to the fact that I speak italian also but swiss germans do not speak german!They speak among hundreds and hundreds of different dialects which tend to differ tremendously from one place to another!

[busterflex]

@SLADODET

But in Germany they have also tons of different dialects...In Italy too....Go to England etc....Just the french ppl have accents but lost their dialects...almost n.o. speaks franco-provençal anymore....dommage...

[SLADODET]

I know you Swiss Germans make up the majority of Switzerland´s population but for the life of me I could never live in your parts of the country period!Give me La Romandie(I spent three years living near Lausanne and thus speak great french!) or Ticino(I also know italian!) but under no circumstances would I want to live in a predominately swiss german speaking canton or area simply due to the fact of language!You dont dont speak german at all!German is absolutely to difficult to learn also!

[sprou132]

chääs... chääs chuächä.. :)

haha.. sie machet das supper..! witer soH..!

really good!

[SwizzleGuy]

omfg you made my day!! :D super gmacht! ;)

[stebuujoo]

yay your swiss-german is great! most americans can't pronounce the *ch*, but you do :-D when are you visiting the next time?

[LindaJoyStudios]

Thank you so very much! What a fun and informative presentation :) Very helpful!

[Scrubs9393]

obwaldenerdüütsch isch s besht x)

[draiman4life]

I'll be taking German for 3 semesters at Grand Valley State University. Should i just kill myself now?

[NemanorTheAlmighty]

I found out recently that my family is from thurgau, I'm trying to learn a bit about it, first question would be how do I pronounce my last name? Böhi? is it like bowie or bow he orrrr

[solaveritas2]

@NemanorTheAlmighty

It' s almost impossible to explain as the true Ö sound doesn't exist in english. I wrecked my brain and if you pronounce "further" with a redicuously over the top english accent, the u sounds almost like the right Ö sound. Then, depending on the dialect, add "he" like in english with a short e, or add the english ee sound with a silent H. In both cases the accentuation is on the Ö. Does that make sense at all? :) Lovely language, eh? Tschau.

[solaveritas2]

@NemanorTheAlmighty

It' s almost impossible to explain as the true Ö sound doesn't exist in english. I wrecked my brain and if you pronounce "further" with a rediculously over the top english accent, the u sounds almost like the right Ö sound. Then add "he" like in english with a short e, the accentuation is on the Ö. Does that make sense at all? :) Lovely language, eh? BTW, I'm from Thurgau too, juhuu (yohoo)Tschau.

[busterflex]

@NemanorTheAlmighty

Bö-hi....the ö is like the sound e in Herman

Böhee

[Minigunboy]

Bern isn't the biggest canton in Switzerland. It's the canton Graubünden in the east of Switzerland.

Grüess usem Bärner Oberland (Spiez am Thunersee)

[TFSHaenger]

Very cool Video, i'm from Biel and OriLori is right: you're really very gifted in swiss german :) merci für dini härzige Videos, die fing ig super ;) greetings

[Dynamicedeception]

-li is technically -chen auf hochdeutsch :)

This was fun to watch as a Canadian who has been living in Zuri for the last three years, I still can't follow even the arguably easier zuri dialekt all the time :P

[heather27774]

Americans and north Americans? *face palm* its Candian...not north American...

[DefCur]

You're actually pretty good. Now try the swiss shibboleth "cheibe chlini chuchichäschtli" (darn small kitchen cupboards)

[santoki67]

good job!

[arakis]

Very good! Das esch du guet gmacht!

[michigrinde]

ahahaha... im fucking swiss german and guys belive me this sounds so freaky xd! but wow you still try to prounounce it ^^ good job cool video and

wünsch euch en schöne taag!

(wish you a nice day!)

[tripchicks2]

Merci vieumauu zaema! Thanks everyone for the comments. Would really enjoy meeting some of you, especially the Swiss posters next time I am in Switzerland. In the meantime, take care u' widerluege. Ann

[amarantjb]

hilarious!!! this is so cool!

[95Jaan95]

Hey! I'm swiss and i love it to watch this kind of videos.

I love it, when English people try to speak Swiss German.. It's really sweet! And not too bad!!! But it's a very hard language. Every Swiss understand it, when other people can't speak our language!

(By the way: My english isn't pefect, too) ;-)

[TheRockZH]

Very good! Echt guet gmacht!

[bassreeves1965]

I am a black person, but my great grandmother was a german swiss named anna marti.

[AgimA74]

@bassreeves1965 why "but"?!

[bassreeves1965]

@AgimA74 hahaha! well im a black person and you wouldnt know that I had swiss great great grandmother. I met my Great grand father, her son ,but he was very old and senile, he was in a nursing home in oberlin ohio, he was senile, by this time.,I have seen an old picture of her, she was a very old lady in the early tto mid thirties, that was eons ago, I have veryvery very little swiss, just thought id mention it as a "no shit!" type 'o' deal.

[Sazamassive]

its so hilarious!

[nissanka]

I notice that you pronounce the word "deutsche" somewhat differently than in high-german. Is this how the Swiss pronounce it?

[iddly]

in swiss german, 'deutsch' is pronounced as 'düütsch' (stress on the first syllable)

[frenzaldude]

but there is only one syllable?

[busterflex]

@nissanka

deutsche in dialect is dütsche

[bdriv]

"ann becomes annie in AMERICAN"??? 2:29

i'm not going to make a fuss about it but us canadians say annie too. i'm sure the brits and aussies do too

[chickensataybroccoli]

in Autstralia Ann and Annie are two different names

[infinity217]

WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THAT LAST SENTENCE!!!!!!! i'm shocked for ever...

[Jaswicis]

:) so glatt :D

[Thessy16]

Bern Style Chäääse

Yeah, you swiss german is really great =)

[eidgenosse7]

your swiss german is realy gut :)

but you ve forgotten the st. galler dütsch

there s this "ch" very extremly

[JoelMatton]

My favorite is the "infamous" word for kitchen cupboard - chuchichästli. I worked in Arosa in Graubünden over the winter season and the locals were always trying to get tourists to say it.

[MrMunari77]

@JoelMatton I am from Arosa, where did you work?

[JoelMatton]

@MrMunari77 I worked as a dishwasher at the Burestübli :)

[cheshirelizzy]

I thought I was the only one that noticed the mixing of High German, French and Italian in Swiss German! Thanks for validating it!

I am hoping to learn Swiss German because my mother-in-law is from Switzerland. I want my two children to know some words.

I agree with you, it is a beautiful language and a beautiful country!

[baby121000]

die esch eifach zu geil, haha, und es heisst sehr nätt, ned natt ;)

[OriLori]

Hello, I'm a swiss from Berne and I like your Swiss German very much! You're really gifted in languages!:)

[tripchicks2]

Merci vieumauu, Lori. Isch auso sehr natt aber nid wahr. I muess nume no besser werde. (Is this right? Very hard to write!)

[cheas94]

@tripchicks2 yes it is. I'm also swiss from Aarau and you do a really great job ;)

[keschte]

That's lovely. Next time you are in switzerland i'll have some chäschueche ready for you!

[tripchicks2]

Chäschueche isch e gueti Idee!. Merci vieumauu u' guet Nacht.

[shoradan]

Well done!