I can speak standard German fairly fluently, but my accent is not very good. What can I do to produce an accent that would sound like a stereotypical (and strong) Swiss accent to my standard Hochdeutsch? (It could be a combination of several types of Swiss accents.) I want a strong accent, but one that could be easily understood by people from Northern Germany. What pronunciations would I need to change?
Swiss accent on Standard German
Use a rolled Zungen-R.
Pronounce your Ä's more openly.
Don't aspirate you K's, T's, and P's.
Pronounce double consonants accordingly.
Pronounce your Ä's more openly.
Don't aspirate you K's, T's, and P's.
Pronounce double consonants accordingly.
Why bother learning a dialect that most people don't understand if you already speak hochdeutsch? Swiss German is cool but I wonder if people in northern will be able to understand it...
Why don't you learn Bayrisch?
Grüssi!!
Why don't you learn Bayrisch?
Grüssi!!
I reckon the original poster wants to have a Swiss accent of Hochdeutsch, but not necessarily Schweizerdeutsch dialect.
Btw, in Switzerland you don't use ß, except in informal sms where all ss is replaced by an ß.
Btw, in Switzerland you don't use ß, except in informal sms where all ss is replaced by an ß.
>> I reckon the original poster wants to have a Swiss accent of Hochdeutsch, but not necessarily Schweizerdeutsch dialect.
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Exactly right.
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Exactly right.