Swiss and Germans are similar. They are perfectionists, hard workers and appreciate timeliness. They aren't as flexible, innovative and jovial as the Americans.

Swiss and Germans are similar. They are perfectionists, hard workers and appreciate timeliness. They aren't as flexible, innovative and jovial as the Americans. Compared to the Germans Swiss are more polite and don't say what they think. Germans tend to shout if they are angry about something, while it's typical for the Swiss to start a complaint with «Sorry». The language (Swiss German) is also different. Germans don't understand the Swiss if they talk Swiss German. They find the Swiss accent in the Standard German cute. The French and Italian speaking Swiss yet are another story. Source: I am half Swiss and half German and have family in both countries. I live in Switzerland.