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answered Continuing situations in German
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awarded  Enlightened
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awarded  Nice Answer
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awarded  Quorum
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answered Meaning and origin of 'Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof'
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awarded  Scholar
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accepted Deklination bei Nomen die auf -er enden
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awarded  Student
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revised Deklination bei Nomen die auf -er enden
added english translation
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asked Deklination bei Nomen die auf -er enden
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answered What are differences between “des” and “darum”?
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comment Double quotes in Switzerland for German texts (Guillemets/Gänsefüsschen)
I agree with Georg Schölly that „…“ is used in general. However, in printed media Gullimets « ... » are commonly used. Just to be sure I checked a newspaper and a mag today. You can see the use of Gullimets on the websites of the major Swiss newspapers as well. See NZZ or Tagesanzeiger for example.
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awarded  Editor
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revised How does “used” translate - “benutzt” or “benützt”?
improve spelling
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answered How does “used” translate - “benutzt” or “benützt”?
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comment Woher kommt die schweizerdeutsche Verstärkung “huren…”?
Es gibt auch noch die stärkere Variante: "uhuere". Von der Bedeutung her ist dieses Wort identisch mit "huere". Stärker ist es deshalb weil "u" ebenfalls dazu verwendet wird, die Bedeutung eine Adjektivs zu verstärken. z.B. "es isch u kalt".
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awarded  Supporter
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comment What's the difference between “Dialekt” and “Mundart”?
Most of the time yes. For example a song written in Mundart is a song written in swiss-german, it doesn't matter which dialect of swiss-german it is.
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answered What's the difference between “Dialekt” and “Mundart”?
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awarded  Teacher