Swiss High German

German as used in Switzerland, mainly as written language
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Swiss High German

Summary

Swiss High German is a variety of German[1]. It draws 248 Wikipedia views per month (variety_of_german category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Swiss High German is in the country of Switzerland[3].
  • Swiss High German's instance of is recorded as variety of German[4].
  • Swiss High German's instance of is recorded as language[5].
  • Swiss High German's instance of is recorded as written language[6].
  • Swiss High German's instance of is recorded as standard language[7].
  • Swiss High German's location is recorded as German-speaking Switzerland[8].
  • Swiss High German's subclass of is recorded as German[9].
  • Swiss High German's writing system is recorded as Latin script[10].
  • Swiss High German's IETF language tag is recorded as de-CH[11].
  • Swiss High German's part of is recorded as German language in Switzerland[12].
  • Swiss High German's Commons category is recorded as Swiss German language[13].
  • Swiss High German's Wikimedia language code is recorded as de-ch[14].
  • Swiss High German's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02738zm[15].
  • Swiss High German's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Swiss German language[16].
  • Swiss High German's described at URL is recorded as https://www.edupool.ch/de/edupoolch/praxistipps/schweizer-hochdeutsch/[17].
  • Swiss High German's OmegaWiki Defined Meaning is recorded as 841877[18].
  • Swiss High German's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Hochdeutsch'}[19].
  • Swiss High German's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Schweizer Hochdeutsch'}[20].
  • Swiss High German's different from is recorded as Hochdeutsch[21].
  • Swiss High German's different from is recorded as Schriftsprache[22].
  • Swiss High German's different from is recorded as Swiss German[23].
  • Swiss High German's uses capitalization for is recorded as noun[24].
  • Swiss High German's POSIX locale identifier is recorded as de_CH[25].
  • Swiss High German's has grammatical number is recorded as singular[26].
  • Swiss High German's has grammatical number is recorded as plural[27].

Why It Matters

Swiss High German draws 248 Wikipedia views per month (variety_of_german category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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