Meaning

  1. otherwise (under different circumstances)
  2. normally, usually (as opposed to a particular case)
  3. (often) else
  4. (colloquial) so; then; consecutive, but directed against an explicit or implicit alternative

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

suscht

Zürich

Zürich

susch

Zürich

Zürich

süsch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

susch

Fribourg

Fribourg

sùnscht

Lucerne

Lucerne

sosch

Lucerne

Lucerne

susch

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

sösch

Zürich

Zürich

sust

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

süsch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sunscht

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

suscht

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/zɔnst/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German sunst, sust, sus, from Old High German sus (“thus”), from Proto-West Germanic *sus, from *swā (“so”), formally related to Proto-West Germanic *þus (“thus”). Cognate with Hunsrik sunst, Old Saxon sus (Middle Low German süs), archaic Dutch zonst (“otherwise”), Alemannic German sus and suscht.

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