Zürichdeutsch, Berndeutsch & Deutsch | Schweizer Sprecher Andy Zimmermann

Dialects that I offer: the Swiss German dialects of Zurich or Bern, German and proper German

Standard German for the Swiss market

Since 2011 I have been working intensively with German as it is spoken in Germany. Through many coaching and workshops I have perfected my German so that it corresponds to the form used in Swiss advertising. I can offer everything from German that is pure German by Swiss standards (Track 1) to German as it is spoken by the average Swiss (Track 4).

Dialect of Zurich

I spent most of my youth in the city of Zurich and its agglomeration and I still live there today. In this dialect I am dexterous and fast! My Zurich German ranges from the hard city Zurich dialect (Track 1) to a softer Winterthur dialect or a dialect bordering on Aargau (Track 4).

Dialect of Bern

I did not grow up in Bern, but grew up with Bern German. With my mother's and my wife's Bernese dialect, I am familiar with various facets of Bern German. I call my variant a "softened Bernese German". That is why my Bernese dialect cannot be clearly assigned to a region. It extends from Bern (Track 1) to the Solothurn border (Track 4)

English & English with Swiss accent

I only offer English as a foreign language speaker. As you can hear in track 1 of the playlist, my Swiss origin is not obvious, but audible. I can also offer explicitly bad Swiss English - this can be heard in track 2.