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Search 218+ words with Zürich, Bern and Basel spelling variants, plus example sentences.

⚠️ Swiss German has no official written spelling standard. The Zürich, Bern and Basel columns below show common phonetic spellings for each region — you may see these words spelled differently elsewhere, and that's normal. See our dialects guide for more on regional variation.
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📖 218 words 📝 106 nouns ✎️ 25 verbs
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beautiful / nice
adjective adjectives
Zürich schön
Bern schön
Basel schöön
EnglishWhat a beautiful day.
Zürich GermanWas für en schöne Tag.
big
adjective adjectives
Zürich gross
Bern gross
Basel gross
EnglishIt's a big city.
Zürich GermanEs isch ä gross Stadt.
busy
adjective adjectives
Zürich beschäftigt
Bern beschäftigt
Basel beschäftigt
EnglishSorry, I'm busy right now.
Zürich GermanSorry, ich bi grad beschäftigt.
cheap
adjective adjectives
Zürich billig
Bern billig
Basel billig
EnglishThis is cheap.
Zürich GermanDas isch billig.
difficult
adjective adjectives
Zürich schwär
Bern schwär
Basel schwär
EnglishSwiss German is difficult at first.
Zürich GermanSchwiizerdütsch isch am Aafang schwär.
easy
adjective adjectives
Zürich eifach
Bern eifach
Basel eifach
EnglishThat's easy.
Zürich GermanDas isch eifach.
expensive
adjective adjectives
Zürich tüür
Bern tüür
Basel tüür
EnglishZürich is expensive.
Zürich GermanZüri isch tüür.
fast
adjective adjectives
Zürich schnäll
Bern schnäll
Basel schnäll
EnglishThe train is fast.
Zürich GermanDr Zug isch schnäll.
good
adjective adjectives
Zürich guet
Bern guet
Basel guet
EnglishThat tastes good.
Zürich GermanDas schmöckt guet.
happy
adjective adjectives
Zürich froh
Bern froh
Basel froh
EnglishI'm happy to be here.
Zürich GermanIch bi froh da z'si.
new
adjective adjectives
Zürich neu
Bern neu
Basel neu
EnglishI have a new phone.
Zürich GermanIch han än neue Handy.
old
adjective adjectives
Zürich alt
Bern alt
Basel alt
EnglishThis building is very old.
Zürich GermanDas Gebäude isch sehr alt.
slow
adjective adjectives
Zürich langsam
Bern langsam
Basel langsam
EnglishDrive slowly here.
Zürich GermanFahr langsam da.
small
adjective adjectives
Zürich chli
Bern chlei
Basel chlei
EnglishA small coffee, please.
Zürich GermanÄn chline Kafi, bitte.
tired
adjective adjectives
Zürich müed
Bern müed
Basel müed
EnglishI'm really tired today.
Zürich GermanIch bi hüt würklich müed.
ugly
adjective adjectives
Zürich häss
Bern uglig
Basel haesslig
EnglishThat building is ugly.
Zürich GermanDas Gebäude isch häss.
💡 Noticeable lexical variation between dialects here.
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