What language do they use in Switzerland?
1. German, French and Italian. The troops are usually not mixed. When I was in the army, I translated for some of our officers from French to German and from German to French because some of our officers didn’t speak a foreign language, at least not sufficiently. The Swiss Army does have generals in times of peace. J.P. is not quite correct here. A 4 star general (in our case a general with four edelweisses) is indeed elected in times of war. We had four of them in our history (Dufour, Herzog, Wille and Guisan). However, a Brigadier, a Divisionaire and a Commandant of the Corps (1 edelweiss to 3 edelweisses) are technically also generals. These officers and other officers in such high ranks speak at least one other official language of Switzerland. Besides that, there are enough staff officers who are perfectly able to translate. A German speaking higher officer speaks at least French and a French speaking higher officer at least German. The Italian speaking higher officer usually spea
