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 | geogr. [from or pertaining to the Swiss canton of Basel or the city of the same name] {adj} | Basler [indekl.] | |
| [having to do with the Swiss canton of Schaffhausen] {adj} | Schaffhauser [indekl.] | |
| geogr. [pertaining to the Swiss Canton of St. Gallen] {adj} | sankt-gallisch | |
| Helvetian {adj} [Swiss] | helvetisch [schweizerisch] | |
| Vaud {adj} [attr.] [pertaining to the Swiss canton of Vaud] | Waadtländer [indekl.] [den Schweizer Kanton Waadt betreffend] | |
| Vaudois {adj} [pertaining to the Swiss canton of Vaud] | waadtländisch [den Schweizer Kanton Waadt betreffend] | |
| geogr. Vaudois {adj} [relating to the Swiss canton of Vaud, its people, or their dialect of French] | Waadtländer [indekl.] [den Schweizer Kanton Waadt betreffend] | |
| Nouns |
| gastr. treat [titbit] [Swiss: sweet] [also a treat for dogs, horses, etc.] | 181 Leckerli {n} [ugs.] [schweiz.] [sonst bes. Belohnung für Haustiere] | |
| RadioTV Tagesschau [German news magazine, Swiss news magazine] | 40 Tagesschau {f} | |
| gastr. rösti [Swiss potato dish] | 13 Rösti {f} | |
| admin. jobs transp. [Swiss commuter tax credit] | 7 Fahrkostenabzug {m} [schweiz.] | |
| travel TrVocab. [bus service run by the Swiss post office] | 5 Postautoverbindung {f} [schweiz.] | |
| curr. rappen [hundredth of a Swiss franc] | 5 Rappen {m} <Rp.> [schweizerische Währungseinheit] | |
| comm. market. Swissness [label 'Swiss made'] | 5 Swissness [ohne Artikel] [Marke Schweiz] | |
| pol. [1989 referendum proposal to abolish the Swiss army] | Armeeabschaffungsinitiative {f} [1989] | |
| admin. transp. [1992 Swiss referendum that approved the Gotthard Base Tunnel] | Neat-Abstimmung {f} [schweiz.] | |
| gastr. [a hearty Swiss breakfast] | Puurezmorge {m} [schweiz.] [auch Buurezmorge] [Bauernfrühstück] | |
| pol. [a Sunday on which the Swiss vote on referenda] | Abstimmungssonntag {m} [ugs.] [Schweiz] | |
| [a Swiss female hailing from one of the founding cantons of Switzerland] | Urschweizerin {f} | |
| [a Swiss person hailing from one of the founding cantons of Switzerland] | Urschweizer {m} | |
| admin. Unverified [additional income tax on young Swiss men who do not serve military duty] | Wehrpflichtersatzabgabe {f} [Schweiz] | |
| transp. [announcement to passengers on Swiss public transport] | ÖV-Durchsage {f} [schweiz.] | |
| bibl. law [article pertaining to bicycles in the Swiss federal constitution] | Veloartikel {m} der Bundesverfassung [Schweiz] | |
| admin. pol. [chief magistrate of certain Swiss cantons] | Landammann {m} [schweiz.] | |
| geogr. hist. [collective name for the cantons in the oldest Swiss confederation] | Waldstätte {f} [Urschweiz] | |
| jobs [compensation to Swiss employers for reducing employee hours rather than laying them off] | Kurzarbeitsentschädigung {f} | |
| pol. [dispute over composition or actions of the Swiss federal council] | Konkordanzstreit {m} [Kompromisskultur zwischen Parteien bei der Bundesratswahl] [Schweiz] | |
| [female native of the city of St. Gallen / St Gall or of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen / St Gall] | Sankt Gallenerin {f} <St. Gallenerin> [auch: Sankt-Gallenerin] | |
| [female native of the city of St. Gallen / St Gall or of the Swiss canton of St. Gallen / St Gall] | Sankt Gallerin {f} <St. Gallerin> [auch: Sankt-Gallerin] | |
| ethn. [female native of the city of Zug or of the Swiss canton of Zug] | Zugerin {f} | |
| [female native of the Swiss town of Engelberg in Obwalden Canton] | Engelbergerin {f} | |
| [festival at a Swiss high school] | Kantifest {n} [schweiz.] | |
| pol. [German name of the Swiss communist party since 1944] | Partei {f} der Arbeit der Schweiz <PdA> [seit 1944, vorher <KPS>] | |
| admin. jobs [head of a Swiss state health department] | Gesundheitsvorsteher {m} [schweiz.] | |
| med. [highest medical officer in Swiss army] | Oberfeldarzt {m} [Schweiz] | |
| admin. telecom. Unverified [mandatory household fee to support Swiss radio and TV] | SRG-Gebühren {pl} [Schweiz] | |
| pol. [member of the SVP, Swiss people's Party] | SVPler {m} [ugs.] [kurz für: Mitglied der Schweizerischen Volkspartei] [Schweiz] | |
| pol. [member of the Swiss FDP] | Freisinniger {m} [schweiz.] [Mitglied der Schweizer FDP] | |
| sports [nickname of the Swiss national soccer team] | Nati {f} [ugs.] [schweiz. für: Schweizer Fußballnationalmannschaft] | |
| [nostalgic Swiss abroad longing to return home] | Heimwehschweizer {pl} [schweiz.] [Schweizer, die Heimweh haben] | |
| fin. Unverified [payout rate on assets in pillar 2 of the Swiss retirement system] | Umwandlungssatz {m} [Schweiz] | |
| pol. [person using traditional Swiss cowbells in protests against COVID-19 public safety measures] | Freiheitstrychler {m} [schweiz.] | |
| pol. Unverified [president of the Swiss farmer's association] | Bauernpräsident {m} [Präsident des Schweizer Bauernverband] | |
| pol. [presiding officer of Austrian parliament or of the lower house of the Swiss parliament] | Nationalratspräsident {m} | |
| geogr. Unverified [public square in the Swiss city of Bern, near the train station] | Hirschengraben {m} | |
| urban [Station Street] [street name in many German, Austrian and Swiss cities and towns] | Bahnhofstraße {f} | |
| gastr. med. pol. [struggle whether to allow use of outdoor dining terraces at Swiss ski resorts during the pandemic] | Terrassenstreit {m} | |
| educ. [student of a Swiss Kantonsschule] | Kantischüler {m} [ugs.] [schweiz.] [auch: Kanti-Schüler] [Schüler einer Kantonsschule] | |
| insur. [Swiss accident insurance and prevention firm] | Suva {f} [schweiz.] | |
| mus. [Swiss brass + percussion carnival band] | Guggemusig {f} [schweiz.] | |
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