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Useful Zürich German Resources

Books, learning materials and online tools for exploring Zürich German and Swiss German in more depth.

During the development of Swiss Echo Lab, we have come across a wide range of books, dictionaries, teaching materials and online resources related to Zürich German and Swiss German. The selection below may be useful for learners and anyone interested in exploring the language more deeply.

Good places to start

Verena Schorn — Schweizerdeutsch leicht gemacht: S Schwiizerdüütsch vo Züri (2021)

Viktor Schobinger — Zürichdeutsche Kurzgrammatik

voCHabular — Swiss German self-study materials

Schweizerisches Idiotikon — Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache

Zürich German books

Albert Weber, with Eugen Dieth — Zürichdeutsche Grammatik (1948)

Albert Weber — Die Mundart des Zürcher Oberlandes (1923)

Eugen Dieth, revised by Christian Schmid-Cadalbert — Schwyzertütschi Dialäktschrift (2nd ed. 1986)

Arthur Baur — Schwyzertüütsch: Grüezi mitenand

Dictionaries and online tools

Syntaktischer Atlas der deutschen Schweiz (SADS)

Atlas zur deutschen Alltagssprache