Are you Swiss savvy?

[mgr 179]

Good morning TTers,

 

I hope there is someone around who knows Switzerland quite well. The Swiss have "Spitäler". Are these just run-of-the-mill hospitals or should they be called infirmaries or even something quite different? All suggestions/infos appreciated.

It's a lovely day in Berlin and I shall be stuck indoors with my Spitäler prob. Sigh!

Cheers all...

[neilD 31]

I had an accident near luzern (Trübsee) and had to be helicoptered down to Kanton Spital Nidwalden Stans. Its was a hosipital! Orthopedic, heart department etc. Even the big "one" in Luzern is called the Luzerner Kantonspital.

[franklan 6,023]

The English "Hospital" would be called "Krankenhaus" by Germans, but the German speaking Swiss tend to call it "Spital". That's all...

 

Have a look at this screeshot of the German wikipedia:

 

The red marked block translates to:

"Synonymously used terms are also hospital, in Austria and Switzerland also spital. "

 

 

[mgr 179]

Thanks guys, that is a big help.

Why didn't I think of Wikipedia? Thanks for that as well.

[john g. 37,685]

3 hours ago, franklan said:

The English "Hospital" would be called "Krankenhaus" by Germans, but the German speaking Swiss tend to call it "Spital". That's all...

 

Have a look at this screeshot of the German wikipedia:

 

The red marked block translates to:

"Synonymously used terms are also hospital, in Austria and Switzerland also spital. "

 

 

In old German German as well, oder?

As in the " Spitalerstrasse " in Hamburg?

( I presume, mind you)...

[optimista 5,839]

...so what is the difference between an infirmary and a hospital ? Same thing in my book.

[john g. 37,685]

I reckon - in English - infirmary sounds like something out of Victorian times. 

[jeba 4,345]

7 hours ago, optimista said:

...so what is the difference between an infirmary and a hospital ? Same thing in my book.

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Definition of infirmary

 

1 : a place (as in a school or prison) where sick or injured individuals receive care and treatment

2 : a large medical facility : hospital Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary

 

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/infirmary