Schweizer

Betekenis (Engels)

Frekwensie

C1
Dialekte

Kanton Zürich

Kanton Zürich

schwizer

Kanton Aargau

Kanton Aargau

schwiizer

Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden

Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden

schwiizer

Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden

Kanton Appenzell Innerrhoden

schwizer

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

schwyzer

Data verskaf deur: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Inherited from Middle High German swīzer. Equivalent to Schweiz + -er. The senses "doorman" and "milker" arose because Swiss people were commonly employed in Germany in those professions; the sense "sacristan" arose because sacristans' garb resembled that of the Swiss Guards. For the sense development compare also French Suisse (“Swiss”): suisse (“doorman”).

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