Schweizerisches Idiotikon

Project to document and provide a dictionary of Swiss German dialects

Placeresearch institute dialect dictionary science projectQ463590

Also known as Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache · Swiss idioticon · Schweizerisches Idiotikon: der schweizerdeutschen Sprache

Country: Switzerland
Located in: Zurich
Founded: 1862

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Schweizerisches Idiotikon is an ongoing, major project of lexicography of the Swiss German dialects. Publication began in 1881 and is projected to be complete by 2022. Its scope includes the language since the end of the classical Middle High German period and as such also represents the historical dictionary of the dialects of German-speaking Switzerland, and is one of the most detailed treatments of the Early Modern High German language in general. As of 2010, it contains 150,000 words.

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Website: idiotikon.ch language: German
Title: Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache
Main subject: Swiss German
Language: German
Copyright status: public domain applies to jurisdiction: United States

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