☣French Loanwords☣

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Let's talk about french loandwords used in Swiss German.

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As you can see in my other blog about Switzerland (which I posted almost 3 years ago... ) Switzerland is right next to and on top of that French is an oficcial language spoken in Switzerland. Naturally, there are some french words we adobted into our daily vocabulary here.

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Of course, these are just a few of the words that I use and can think of right now.

How it's presented:

Swiss German ---> French ---> standart German ---> English

☣-> s Velo ---> le vélo ---> das Fahrrad ---> the bicycle

☣-> s Trottoire ---> la trottoire ---> der Bürgersteig ---> the sidewalk

☣-> d Glace ---> la glace ---> das Eis ---> the ice cream

☣-> s Portemonnaie ---> le porte monnaie ---> der Geldbeutel ---> the wallet

☣-> d erelle ---> la erelle ---> die Fussgängerbrücke (der Übersteig/die Überbrückung) ---> the bridge

☣-> s Lavabo ---> le lavabo ---> das Waschbecken ---> the bathroom sink

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The main difference is in the way we pronounce the words. For example, the "é" in "vélo" is more pronounced like an "è" and while in French the "e" at the end of the words isn't pronounced we do say it. Or we pronounce the "r" differently. We basically pronounce it with a big swiss accent.

However we still keep some French sounds like the French "oi" (trottoire) or "aie" (monnaie).

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I guess that's all. I hope you enjoyed it!

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Thanks for reading! :hearts:

Ps. found this in my drafts hihi (oﾟзﾟo)