Ghüder

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• Küder, Chüder

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly from an earlier form Ghuder, Gehuder (“deplorable clothes”), possibly related to German Kutten. Alternatively possibly related to Gehudel (“sloppiness, haste”) from huddle (“to do sloppily and in a rush”), cognate with German Gehudel. Alternatively possibly related to Gehäder (“messy knots, entanglement, mess, complication”), see also German verheddern. Alternatively possibly inherited from Middle High German kūder (“tow (shaved-off fibers from working flax or hemp)”), which might be related to the first part of German Kauderwelsch, which has been suggested to be etymologically related to Chur. Possibly related to its central Switzerland synonym Güsel, Gusel.

Noun

Ghüder m (no plural)

1. (Bern) trash

   Ghüder näbem Chübu isch es Übu.

   Trash by the side of the trash can is a curse.

Derived terms

• ghüdere (“throw into the trash”)
• Ghüderchübu (“trash can”)

Further reading

• Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache^[1] (in German), volume 2, 1891, column 999
• “Ghüder”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2025
• "Abfall? Müll? Kehricht? Mist? Güsel?"
• dialektwoerter.ch