The Swiss Idioticon is an institute for the research and documentation of the German language and its dialects in Switzerland. Its main task is the development of the dictionary of the Swiss-German language (Swiss Idiotikon) in printed and digital form. This work describes Alemannic vocabulary in Switzerland from the late Middle Ages to the 21st century. It is the largest regional dictionary in the German language, with 16 completed volumes to date and a total of over 135,000 articles.
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Schweizerisches Idiotikon – Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache
Swiss Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Country
- Switzerland
Partners
- Cooperating projects
- histHub
- ortsnamen.ch
- Schweizer Textkorpus
- Diplomatische Dokumente der Schweiz
Persons
- Dr. Hans-Peter Schifferle (Project Leader)
- Prof. Dr. Hans Bickel (Project Coordinator)
Contact
Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Auf der Mauer 5
8001 Zürich
- Acronym
- Idiotikon
- Running time
- 1862-
- Project type
- Dictionary