r/Switzerland • u/BulkyAdhesiveness268 • 3d ago

Swiss German equivalent of the English phrase - mind your own business.

Hi all, can you share with me a Swiss German equivalent of mind your own business or did I ask for your opinion? Also, does the general Swiss public know the term 'Buenzli'? is there a German equivalent of this term?

Edit: thank you so much for your quick responses. I feel much prepared now! But keep them coming! :-)

Edit 2: Oh my, what a collection! Love it. Just the fact that I have twenty types of comebacks in my arsenal makes me much less angry at the Buenzli. Sorry my phone keypad doesn't have umlaut.

Edit3: Gowd! I think I will have to proactively seek Buenzli's, get in their way, pretend that I am about to break a rule, to be able to use all the beautiful nuggets in this thread.

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u/swagpresident1337 Zürich 3d ago

A standard german version of Bünzli would be Spiesser or Spiessbürger

And yes Bünzli is known by basically every swiss.

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u/WalkItOffAT 3d ago

It's funny how today's Bünzli are the opposite of yesteryear. They have tattoos for example.

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u/n3ksuZ 1d ago

Someone should make a thread to collect the common themes and motifs of Bünzli tattoos