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The Swiss people (German: die Schweizer, French: les Suisses, Italian: gli Svizzeri, Romansh: ils Svizzers) are the citizens of the multi-ethnic Swiss Confederation (Switzerland) regardless of ethno-cultural background [b] or people of self-identified Swiss ancestry. The number of Swiss nationals has grown from 1.7 million in 1815 to 8.7 ...
This category is intended for people descended from German-speaking Swiss ancestors, not for people with combined Swiss and German ancestry. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
Swiss Standard German is fully understandable to all speakers of Standard German, while many people in Germany – especially in the north – do not understand Swiss German. An interview with a Swiss German speaker, when shown on television in Germany, will require subtitles. [ 7 ]
Pages in category "Swiss people of German descent" The following 62 pages are in this category, out of 62 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
China has 1.3 billion people, 16 times more than Germany. The Federal Republic again exactly 16 times as many as the German-speaking Switzerland. So, if a German would put himself in the position of an intimidated German Swiss, he may well imagine that his country is not adjacent in the East to the Czech Republic but to China.
Although Hitler despised the democratically minded German Swiss as the "wayward branch of the German people", he still acknowledged their status as Germans. [5] Furthermore, the openly pan-German political aims of the Nazi party called for the unification of all Germans into a Greater Germany, which included the Swiss people. [2]
This is a list of people associated with the modern Switzerland and the Old Swiss Confederacy.Regardless of ethnicity or emigration, the list includes notable natives of Switzerland and its predecessor states as well as people who were born elsewhere but spent most of their active life in Switzerland.
It is intended for German-speaking Swiss people, not for Category:Swiss people of German descent or Category:German people of Swiss descent Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.