GermanSwitzerland
GermanSwitzerland, commonly referred to as the German-speaking part of Switzerland, denotes the portion of the country where German is the predominant language. It includes most cantons in central, northern and eastern Switzerland, among them Zurich, Bern, Basel-Stadt, Basel-Landschaft, St. Gallen, Luzern, Aargau, Solothurn, Thurgau, Schwyz, Uri, Obwalden, Nidwalden, Glarus and Schaffhausen. Some cantons within this area are multilingual—most notably Graubünden, which contains German-speaking communities alongside Romansh and Italian.
In daily life, Swiss German dialects of the Alemannic group are widely used, while Standard German is
GermanSwitzerland accounts for the largest share of Switzerland’s population and economic activity. The region contains major
Geographically, the area lies largely on the Swiss Plateau, with portions reaching into the Alps and the
Historically, the German-speaking cantons formed the core of the Old Swiss Confederacy and later the modern