Swiss dictionary

The 20 expressions of the Swiss dictionary, one per town: a word of its language or dialect.

Swiss German

• Sali

  Basel German

  Basel

  Hi

• Grüessech

  Bernese German

  Bern

  Hello

• Uf Widerluege

  Swiss German

  Davos

  Goodbye

• Äuä

  Bernese German

  Interlaken

  Come on! Really?

• Grüezi

  Swiss German

  Lucerne

  Hello

• Hoi

  Swiss German

  St. Gallen

  Hi

• Adie

  Swiss German

  Schaffhausen

  Goodbye

• Embrüf

  Upper Valais German

  Zermatt

  Upwards

• Böögg

  Zurich German

  Zurich

  The winter effigy burnt at Sechseläuten

French

• Bolze

  Fribourg dialect

  Fribourg

  The speech of the lower town, mixing French and Swiss German

• De bleu de bleu !

  Geneva French

  Geneva

  Good heavens!

• Tout de bon !

  Romand French

  Lausanne

  All the best

• Ça joue

  Romand French

  Montreux

  It works, all good

Franco-Provençal

• Lyôba

  Gruyère patois

  Gruyères

  The call to the cows in the Ranz des vaches

• Dò bon djé

  Neuchâtel patois

  Neuchâtel

  Hello

• Adjeu

  Valais patois

  Sion

  Hi

Lombard

• Cume la va?

  Ticino dialect

  Bellinzona

  How are you?

• Sa vedum

  Ticino dialect

  Lugano

  See you

Romansh

• Bun di

  Romansh

  Chur

  Hello

• Allegra

  Engadine Romansh

  St. Moritz

  Hello — literally: rejoice