8 percent Italian
0.5 percent Romansh
“Grüezi” or “Hallo”?
The language of Goethe and Schiller, of Thomas Mann and Herta Müller.
In Switzerland, German is the most widespread native language and lingua franca, spoken by two thirds of the population. The local inhabitants speak various dialects of Swiss German.
Swiss High German is a variety of the German language that differs from it in several ways and has its own distinctive features in terms of vocabulary, word formation, morphology, syntax and spelling. Our German language team has these specific characteristics, also called Helvetisms, firmly under control at all times.
We offer the following language services in German:
German
Our services in the German language
Our languages
We speak Swiss
The native language of 23.1 percent
of the population is none of Switzerland’s official four languages.
4 LANGUAGES
Switzerland has four national languages.
ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE
are the most widely spoken foreign languages in Switzerland.
DIALECTS
A large variety of Alemannic dialects come under the umbrella term Swiss German.
22.8 percent French
62.3 percent German/Swiss German
ROMANSH
The Rhaeto-Romance languages are a subgroup of the Romance languages that originated from Latin.
4 LANGUAGES
Switzerland has four national languages.
The native language of 23.1 percent of the population is none of Switzerland’s official four languages.
ENGLISH AND PORTUGUESE
are the most widely spoken foreign languages in Switzerland.
DIALECTS
A large variety of Alemannic dialects come under the umbrella term Swiss German.
ROMANSH
The Rhaeto-Romance languages are a subgroup of the Romance languages that originated from Latin.
22.8 percent French
62.3 percent German/Swiss German
8 percent Italian
0.5 percent Romansh
Do you have any questions about translations into German or other services?
Your personal contact, Claudio Waldburger, will be happy to assist you: