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Swiss German Dictionary Screenshots

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About Swiss German Dictionary

Swiss German Dictionary is the first comprehensive dictionary for English to Swiss German and vice versa. It contains in total more than 6'900 entries with audio and 12'500 explanations, examples and phrases. Full-text search and the ability to maintain a list of favorites are provided as well.

The Swiss German dialect differs in pronunciation, vocabulary and partially also in grammar from the High German standard. Therefore Swiss German Dictionary contains the most important vocabulary and numerous expressions which are only used in Switzerland. For all words you can hear how they are pronounced in Switzerland by a native speaker. With Swiss German Dictionary you can learn to conjugate the verbs in Swiss German and how to correctly form the plural of the nouns.

Who can benefit most from Swiss German Dictionary?
This app is ideal for all who want to move to the German speaking part of Switzerland and for all who want to better understand the dialect spoken in the greater Zurich area.

Features of the app include:
• Swiss German Dictionary works 100% offline, no internet connection is needed
• It contains in total 6'900 entries: 3'500 for Swiss German – English and 3'400 for English - Swiss German
• 12'500 explanations, examples and common phrases
• Vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar as they are common in the greater Zurich area
• The dictionary is suitable for everyday life, travel and leisure
• All entries are spoken by Swiss German native speakers
• It contains tips and tricks for quickly finding expressions using spelling variations
• Reference to Verena Schorn's grammar book (in German) «Schweizerdeutsch leicht gemacht - S Schwiizerdüütsch vo Züri» and the first volume with exercises (also in German)

What's New in the Latest Version 3.12

Last updated on Oct 11, 2023

Old Versions

• More than 200 new entries
• More than 500 new explanations, examples and phrases

Version History

3.12

Oct 11, 2023

• More than 200 new entries
• More than 500 new explanations, examples and phrases

3.11

Jan 26, 2023

• Fixed a defect where the flag symbol was sometimes not visible on iPad

3.10

Jan 23, 2023

• more than 400 new entries
• more than 400 new explanations, examples and phrases

3.9

Nov 7, 2022

• Create and maintain a list of favorites
• About 200 English participles added

3.8

May 17, 2022

• Vocabulary additions

3.7

Jan 20, 2022

• Vocabulary improvements

3.6

Dec 9, 2021

• Large number of audio added
• Dark mode support
• Small corrections

3.5

Sep 29, 2021

• Improved full-text search
• Large number of dictionary improvements
• Link to newly published Swiss German textbook (in German) in the info section

3.4

Jun 29, 2020

• Simplified spelling for «sp» and «st»
• Enhancements to vocabulary, audio and examples

3.3

Apr 7, 2020

• Full-text search added
• Additional vocabulary and audio

3.2

Jan 2, 2020

• Vocabulary updates

3.1

Nov 30, 2019

• More examples added for the 250 most common verbs

3.0

Oct 8, 2019

• Improved layout for translations
• More example sentences - the 100 most common adjectives are now fully covered

2.4

Oct 1, 2019

• Comparison forms for all relevant adjectives added
• Various corrections
• Some additional entries
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2.3

Jan 7, 2019

• added more than 1'000 audio entries for Swiss German words occurring in the English to Swiss German translations

2.2

Dec 1, 2018

- Corrected sorting order

2.1

Oct 17, 2018

- even more example sentences
- small improvements

2.0

Sep 27, 2018

- Improved audio
- Large number of example sentences added
- Many small improvements

1.4

Jan 4, 2018

- Improved English to Swiss German dictionary
- Lots of sample sentences and translations added

1.3

Jul 18, 2017

- Additional example sentences
- More than 150 common participles added
- Improved layout
- New reference to www.schweizerdeutsch.info

1.2

Oct 20, 2016

- Improved look and feel
- Small dictionary enhancements

1.1

Sep 7, 2016

Minor improvements and bug fixes

1.0

May 24, 2016

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