 | English  | German |  |
 | [acronym for Germany (D), Austria (A), Switzerland (CH) and South Tyrol (S)] | DACHS [Kunstwort für Deutschland, Österreich, Schweiz und Südtirol] |  |
 | [Acronym used to represent the dominant states of the German speaking area: Germany (D), Austria (A), Switzerland (CH)] | DACH [Kunstwort für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz] |  |
 | [Acronym used to represent the dominant states of the German speaking area: Germany (D), Austria (A), Switzerland (CH)] | D-A-CH [Kunstwort für Deutschland, Österreich und die Schweiz] |  |
 | [from or concerning Canton Solothurn in Switzerland] {adj} | Solothurner |  |
 | geogr. [pertaining to City of Bern, Switzerland] {adj} | Stadtberner [indekl.] |  |
 | nationwide {adj} {adv} [in Switzerland] | schweizweit |  |
Verbs |
 | [to press one's thumbs / thumb (for sb.)] [literally] [hand gesture in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, etc., meaning to keep one's fingers crossed (for sb.)] | (jdm.) die / den Daumen halten [ugs.] [Redensart] |  |
Nouns |
 | gastr. [type of meat loaf found in Austria and parts of Germany and Switzerland] | 1850 Leberkäse {m} |  |
 | pol. Bundesrat [upper house of the German or Austrian legislative or the chief executive authority of Switzerland] | 13 Bundesrat {m} |  |
 | gastr. Bündnerfleisch [air-dried meat produced in the Grisons canton of Switzerland] | 11 Bündnerfleisch {n} [schweiz.] |  |
 | gastr. [bell-shaped culinary apple, grown in Germany and Switzerland] | 6 Glockenapfel {m} [Apfelsorte] |  |
 | pol. sociol. [diversity in perception between the conservative German-speaking and the liberal French-speaking parts of Switzerland, especially regarding political and social issues] | 6 Röstigraben {m} [schweiz.] [fig.] |  |
 | [a special type of sledge from Küttigen, Switzerland] | Küttiger Frosch {m} [Schlittentyp] |  |
 | [a Swiss female hailing from one of the founding cantons of Switzerland] | Urschweizerin {f} |  |
 | [a Swiss person hailing from one of the founding cantons of Switzerland] | Urschweizer {m} |  |
 | [a type of traditional love ballad in rural Switzerland and adjacent areas] | Kiltlied {n} [schweiz.] [alemannisch] |  |
 | [administration for vulnerable children and adults in Switzerland] | Kindes- und Erwachsenenschutzbehörde {f} <KESB> [Schweiz] |  |
 | agr. [agricultural cooperative in alpine Switzerland] | Alpgenossenschaft {f} [schweiz.] |  |
 | agr. geogr. [an area of open and sparsely wooded countryside in Germany and Switzerland] | Gäulandschaft {f} [südd.] [schweiz.] |  |
 | ecol. [bag / sack for the collection of recyclable packaging material, e.g. yoghurt pots, tetrapacks, PET bottles in Switzerland] | Sammelsack {m} [schweiz.] [Gelber Sack] |  |
 | admin. [branch of local police department responsible for food safety in Austria, Switzerland] | Lebensmittelpolizei {f} [(amtliche) Lebensmittelüberwachung in Österreich und der Schweiz] |  |
 | [children of immigrant families in Switzerland, originally those of Latin background] | Secondos {pl} [schweiz.] |  |
 | geogr. hist. pol. [collection of persons with citizenship linked to a particular community in Switzerland] | Bürgergemeinde {f} [schweiz.] |  |
 | [daughter of an immigrant family in Switzerland] | Seconda {f} [schweiz.] [Einwanderertochter] |  |
 | ethn. geogr. [female citizen of Canton Vaud, Switzerland] | Waadtländerin {f} |  |
 | pol. [female member of cantonal parliament in Switzerland] | Großrätin {f} [schweiz.] [weibliches Mitglied des Großrates] |  |
 | geogr. [female native of Canton Solothurn in Switzerland] | Solothurnerin {f} |  |
 | geogr. [female resident of Canton Obwalden in Switzerland] | Obwaldnerin {f} |  |
 | [German living in Switzerland, considered opportunistic] | Gummihals {m} [schweiz.] [pej.] |  |
 | gastr. unit [half a litre / liter of beer in Switzerland] | Chübel {m} [schweiz.] [halber Liter Bier] |  |
 | gastr. unit [half a litre / liter of beer in Switzerland] | Kübel {m} [schweiz.] [halber Liter Bier] |  |
 | relig. [hymn and prayer book for the German-speaking Catholic dioceses (exc. Switzerland) since 1975] | Gotteslob {n} <GL> |  |
 | ethn. geogr. [inhabitants of Bellinzona, Switzerland] | Bellenzer {pl} [Einwohner von Bellinzona] |  |
 | law [initiative of the SVP to tighten border controls between Switzerland and the EU] | Begrenzungsinitiative {f} [Schweiz] [offizieller Titel: Volksinitiative «Für eine massvolle Zuwanderung»] |  |
 | [inofficial hyphenated double name used of old by married couples in Switzerland] | Allianzname {m} |  |
 | cloth. [knee-high stockings, worn with the national / traditional costume, e.g. in Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland] | Trachtenstrümpfe {pl} |  |
 | [male citizen of Canton Vaud, Switzerland] | Waadtländer {m} |  |
 | [male member of a folklore club of cowbell ringers in Switzerland] | Trychler {m} [schweiz.] |  |
 | ethn. [male native or inhabitant of Zug, Switzerland] | Zuger {m} |  |
 | pol. [member of a cantonal council in Switzerland] [female] | Kantonsrätin {f} [Schweiz] |  |
 | jobs [members of the civil assistance force which is an alternative to military service in Switzerland] | Zivilschützer {pl} [schweiz.] |  |
 | [native of Canton Solothurn in Switzerland] | Solothurner {m} |  |
 | educ. [professional maturity certificate] [Switzerland] | Berufsmaturität {f} <BM> [schweiz.] |  |
 | admin. law pol. [prudential regulation of the migration movements of people between the EU and Switzerland in accordance with the bilateral accords] | Ventilklausel {f} [schweiz.] [Regulierung der Ein- und Rückwanderung von Personen aus dem EU-Raum in die Schweiz] |  |
 | law med. [public health law in Switzerland concerning epidemic control] | Epidemiengesetz {n} [Schweiz] |  |
 | pol. [socialist youth organisation in Austria and Switzerland] | Rote Falken {pl} |  |
 | [street or road name in Germany, Austria, Switzerland] | Heckenweg {m} [Straßenname, Eigenname] |  |
 | curr. [Switzerland: 10 rappen coin] | Batzen {m} [schweiz.] [ugs.] [Zehnrappenstück] |  |
 | law [Switzerland's Federal Code on Private International Law, CPIL] | Bundesgesetz {n} über das Internationale Privatrecht <IPRG> [Schweiz] |  |
 | geogr. pol. [the collective inhabitants of an Alpine valley in Switzerland or western Austria] | Talschaft {f} [österr.] [schweiz.] |  |