German-speaking Switzerland

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cultural region linguistic region

German-speaking Switzerland is the predominantly German-language region of Switzerland, encompassing major cities like Zurich and forming the country's largest linguistic and cultural area.

Aliases (3)

Statements (67)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region →
linguistic region →
alsoKnownAs Deutschschweiz →
German-speaking Switzerland →
surface form: "Suisse alémanique"

Switzerland →
surface form: "Svizra tudestga"

German-speaking Switzerland →
surface form: "Svizzera tedesca"
borderedByLinguisticRegion Romandy →
surface form: "French-speaking Switzerland"

Southern Switzerland →
surface form: "Italian-speaking Switzerland"

Romansh-speaking Switzerland →
capitalCityOfRegion Zürich NERFINISHED →
continent Europe →
country Switzerland →
coversApproximateShareOfPopulation about 62% of Swiss population →
coversApproximateShareOfTerritory about 65% of Swiss territory →
dominantChristianDenomination Protestantism →
Roman Catholicism →
surface form: "Roman Catholic Church"
dominantReligion Christianity →
economicCenterCity Basel NERFINISHED →
Zürich NERFINISHED →
hasCulturalIdentity distinct Swiss-German culture →
hasEducationLanguage Standard German →
hasMediaLanguage Standard German →
Alemannic German →
surface form: "Swiss German"
hasOfficialLanguageStatus German →
includesCanton Aargau NERFINISHED →
Appenzell Ausserrhoden NERFINISHED →
Appenzell Innerrhoden NERFINISHED →
Basel-Landschaft →
Basel-Stadt NERFINISHED →
Bern →
Fribourg →
surface form: "Fribourg (German-speaking part)"

Glarus →
Graubünden (German-speaking part) NERFINISHED →
Jura (German-speaking minority) →
Lucerne →
Nidwalden NERFINISHED →
Obwalden NERFINISHED →
Schaffhausen →
Schwyz →
Solothurn →
St. Gallen →
Thurgau →
Uri →
Valais (German-speaking part) →
Zug →
Zürich NERFINISHED →
includesCity Basel NERFINISHED →
Bern →
Chur →
Lucerne →
Schaffhausen →
St. Gallen →
Winterthur →
Zürich NERFINISHED →
includesFederalCity Bern →
language German →
largestCity Zürich NERFINISHED →
largestLinguisticRegionOf Switzerland →
locatedIn Switzerland →
majorLanguage Standard German →
Swiss German →
partOf multilingual Switzerland →
politicalSignificance contains Swiss federal institutions in Bern →
spokenVarieties Alemannic German →
surface form: "Alemannic dialects"

Swiss German dialects →
usesWritingSystem Latin alphabet →
writingStandard Standard German →

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

German-speaking Switzerland → alsoKnownAs → German-speaking Switzerland →
this entity surface form: "Suisse alémanique"
German-speaking Switzerland → alsoKnownAs → German-speaking Switzerland →
this entity surface form: "Svizzera tedesca"
Romandie → borderedBy → German-speaking Switzerland →
Faculty of Medicine → countrySubdivision → German-speaking Switzerland →
subject surface form: "Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich"
German-speaking Europe → includesPartOfCountry → German-speaking Switzerland →
Brünig Pass → languageRegion → German-speaking Switzerland →
Susten Pass → languageRegion → German-speaking Switzerland →
Swiss Plateau → languageRegion → German-speaking Switzerland →
Zurich → locatedIn → German-speaking Switzerland →
Hirzel → locatedInCountrySubdivision → German-speaking Switzerland →
Lake Zurich → region → German-speaking Switzerland →
Swiss Germans → region → German-speaking Switzerland →
Zentrum campus → region → German-speaking Switzerland →
Alemannic German → spokenIn → German-speaking Switzerland →
Raetic language → spokenIn → German-speaking Switzerland →
this entity surface form: "eastern Switzerland"