Swiss Insults, Curses and other (non rude) Slang
So Modi u Giele (Girls and boys)
Since today is the birthday of Switzerland I decided I should do something for it that can also be enjoyed by my non-swiss followers (Who are btw the majority) After a while it hit me and I created this List of Swissgerman Insults and other often heard Expressions!
For you see, Swissgerman is a bunch of dialects (actually way more than one) that most German people do not only find rather incomprehensible but it also has its specialities and sometimes very different words. So I mostly used expressions that differ from German ones/ are unique. Also I only speak one of the dialects, so most things are said a little differently elsewhere
There are 2-3 that are also used in German (even with slightly diff. prononciation), but we use them so much here that they deserved a mention.
Also not all things here are insults/curses, some are just exclamations
But enough of that, y’all can go read Wikipedia for more infos, here’s the List!
Nua : Not used anymore, has gained a different meaning
Swissgerman/ Translation/ Usage, Meaning
Blas du mir id Schueh!/ Blow my shoes!/ annoyed; leave me alone with that! ‘nicer’ form of “Lick my arse!”
Blödi Chue; dummi Chue!/ Stupid Cow/ used for women and girls, prob. first rather strong curse used by children
Chäs/ Cheese/ Nonsense, rubbish; E.g: “Verzeu ke Chäs!” -> “Don’t talk nonsense/crap!”
Cheib/ lit. [infected] carrion (Nua)/ mostly ‘dumme cheib’ -> ‘stupid guy’; cheibe is used as an universal adjective
Chasch mi mau!/ You can [ ] me!/ short for Lick my arse
Chasch mi filme!/ You can film me!/ ’nicer’ form of “Lick my arse!” often when you don’t want to do smth someone suggests
Dummi Geiss!/ stupid goat/ like ‘Blödi Chue’, but more likely to imply ‘bitchy’
Figä/ rude: “visage/face”/ e.g: “Mach ni sone dummi Figä!” “Don’t make such a stupid face”, way more ruder in swissgerman
Figg di!/ Fuck you/ Self-explanatory
Figg di is Chnüü!/ Fuck your Knee/ Self-explanatory
Fotzä/ Cunt/ Self-explanatory
Geil; geilä […] (for males); qeili […] (for females)/ lit. horny/ used as “awesome”, no different from high German
Giggu/ lit. Dick/ Idiot, stupid head (annoyed)
Goof; Saugoof/ Child; Swinechild/ both very dismissively and rude
Gopfertami!/ God damn me!/ very crude
Gopferteli!; Gopf!/ See above/ shortened mitigation of ‘Gopfertami!’
Häb d Frässä!/ shut your [crude way to say mouth and, when as a verb, crudely eating, nonexistent in english]/ Shut the Fuck up!
Heimatland!/ Homeland!/ Rather harmles exclamation/curse
heitere Fahne!; Heiterefahne!/ cheerful(?) Flag/ Exclamation of surprise, in sharpness comparable to goddamnit
Hets der i Weize gschneit?/ Has it snown into your wheat?/ Are you bonkers/crazy?
Hingertsy glysmete gummi-Chines!/ backwards knitted gummy-chinese!/ Insult between children, harmless (arguably racist)
huärä/ Whore/ used as an adverb like “fucking/totally/extremely” are in english, to such a high degree that you’ll probably hear it 300 times a day, can stand alone e.g: “Hetz der hüt gfaue?” “Jo huärä!” -> “Did you enjoy it today?” “Yes, very!” compatible with (nearly) every noun on this list
Läck mer (am Arsch)!/ Lick my (Arse)!/ very common, Self-explanatory
Löu/ dolt/ Self-explanatory
Mer; Per/ Mother; Father/ said like the french words, for some reason rather rude, used by teenagers (mostly when parents aren’t present), NOT used like “Mom, Dad and Ma” in english
Schafseckel/ sheeps testicals/ very strong, “du bisch en schafseckel” something along the lines of “you are an arsehole”
Schafseeleguete Mönsch/ Human with a good, sheep-like soul/ Euphemism for Schafseckel, for example when children are around: “Sone (Such a) Schafse-(sees kids) eleguete Mönsch”
Schöggeler/ Chocolatemade into a Verb, made into a Noun/ A Person who is very laxly/easygoing, always takes the easy route in life
Siech/ lit. Sick Person, leper, outcast of society (all mostly Nua)/ very common for Dude, used negatively and positively e.g: “Geilä Siech!” -> “(you’re) Awesome dude!”; “Blödä Siech!” -> “stupid Arsehole!”
Sürmu/ ??/ human being that annoys you, often someone who “seeks” for quarrels/arguments, not used anymore by young people
Tubu; Tubel; Dubel/ Idiot/ Self-explanatory
Wichser/ Wanker/ One who masturbates, same use as in english (German Version the same but pronounced differently) (Actually its no different than German - just the prononciation sounds lixe “xx” in german)
Zickä/ female goat/ someone whos bitchy
Of course you can combine almost everything with eachother, e.g.: “Huere geilä Siech!”
There are a lot more, but those were the ones I could think of right now, so yeah, enjoy or whatever^^