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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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happy
adjective adjectives
Zürich froh
Bern froh
Basel froh
EnglishI'm happy to be here.
Zürich GermanIch bi froh da z'si.
hello (formal)
phrase greetings
Zürich Grüezi
Bern Grüezi
Basel Grüezi
EnglishHello, how are you?
Zürich GermanGrüezi, wie gaht's?
💡 The safe, polite default greeting almost everywhere in German-speaking Switzerland.
here
adverb grammar
Zürich da / hie
Bern hie
Basel do
EnglishI'm here.
Zürich GermanIch bi da.
hi (informal)
phrase greetings
Zürich Hoi
Bern Hoi
Basel Hoi
EnglishHi, nice to see you.
Zürich GermanHoi, schön dich z'gseh.
💡 Casual greeting for friends and peers — using it with strangers can feel overly familiar.
hospital
noun society
Zürich Spital
Bern Spital
Basel Spital
EnglishWhere is the hospital?
Zürich GermanWo isch s'Spital?
house
noun home
Zürich Huus
Bern Huus
Basel Huus
EnglishThat's a nice house.
Zürich GermanDas isch en schöne Huus.
how are you
phrase greetings
Zürich wie gaht's
Bern wie geit's
Basel wie goht's
EnglishHow's it going?
Zürich GermanWie gaht's?
how much does it cost
phrase shopping
Zürich was choschtet das
Bern was choschtets
Basel was koschtet das
EnglishHow much does that cost?
Zürich GermanWas choschtet das?
how's the family?
phrase society
Zürich wie gahts dr Familie
Bern wie geits dr Familie
Basel wie goots dr Familie
EnglishHow's the family doing?
Zürich GermanWie gahts dr Familie?
hundred
noun time
Zürich hundert
Bern hundert
Basel hundert
EnglishA hundred francs.
Zürich GermanEs hundert Franke.
hungry
phrase food
Zürich Hunger ha
Bern Hunger ha
Basel Hunger haa
EnglishI'm hungry.
Zürich GermanIch han Hunger.
💡 Literally "to have hunger", a phrase rather than a single adjective.
husband / wife
noun family
Zürich Maa / Frau
Bern Maa / Frau
Basel Maa / Frau
EnglishMy husband is German.
Zürich GermanMin Maa isch Dütsche.
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