Helvetism
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Helvetism — A Helvetism (new lat. Helvetia = Switzerland and ism) is any distinctive characteristic of Swiss Standard German that is not found in other varieties of Standard German. The most typical helvetisms appear characteristically in vocabulary and… … Wikipedia
Swiss literature — There is no such thing as a Swiss national vernacular literature, properly speaking. But there are four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland, according to the language in which the works are composed. As the Confederation, from its… … Wikipedia
Gruppe Olten — The Gruppe Olten (Olten Group) was a community of Swiss writers, that met in a so called “Bahnhofbuffet“ (helvetism for a railway station’s restaurant.) located in the Kanton Solothurn (middle of Switzerland). It was founded in the aforementioned … Wikipedia
Zündels Abgang — infobox Book | name = Zündel’s Departure title orig = Zündels Abgang translator = image caption = author = Markus Werner illustrator = cover artist = country = Switzerland language = series = genre = Novel publisher = release date = 1984 english… … Wikipedia
Swiss Standard German — is one out of four official languages in Switzerland, besides Romansh, French and Italian. It is a variety of Standard German, used in the German speaking part of Switzerland, mainly written, rather rarely spoken.Spoken Swiss Standard German must … Wikipedia
