Schweizer

Meaning

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

schwizer

Aargau

Aargau

schwiizer

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

schwiizer

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

schwizer

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schwyzer

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʃvaɪ̯t͡sɐ/
Etymology

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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