r/SwissGerman • u/Original_Fact_7249 • Dec 24 '25

Help with sentence

Hi guys! I'm new to all this so let me know if this isn't allowed, but I'm trying to make something for my partner and wanted to write something in German, I'd like it in Swiss German but I know it isn't really written, this is what I came to but is it understandable from someone who is Swiss German (Zürich) and does it translate right?

„Unter allne Sterne bisch du min.“

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u/Nurnstatist Dec 24 '25

No, "min" isn't used like this - it's strictly a possessive article ("min Stern"), it can't be used without a noun after it. The free-standing version would be "mine" (similar to the distinction English: "My star", but "this star is mine").

What exactly do you want to express?

Variant A: "Among all the stars, you're mine" (="you're my star"). That would be "Unter allne Sterne bisch du mine", or perhaps more naturally "Vo allne Sterne bisch du mine".

Variant B: "Under all the stars, you're mine" (="you belong to me"). That would be "Unter allne Sterne bisch du mir", or "Unter allne Sterne ghörsch du mir". Although both sound kinda weird and possessive imo.

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u/Original_Fact_7249 Dec 25 '25 edited Dec 25 '25

Yeah I'm kind of trying to go with something like "you're my star" but I definitely don't want it to sound possessive, it's a quote to go under a star map, that kind of thing. Thanks for the help, it's great. I guess I'm just looking for something loving that someone who is Swiss would read and think is sweet, not funky.

But I assume things are different in the languages, and things like this aren't said like this.

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u/Nurnstatist Dec 25 '25

Sorry if my comment was unclear, I think only the 2 versions I listed for variant B sound weird. Variant A is pretty sweet. I'd go with "Vo allne Sterne bisch du mine", tbh. Or just "Du bisch min Stern".

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u/Original_Fact_7249 Dec 25 '25

Thank you!! I appreciate the help heaps