In Duolingo in addition to the listening and speaking exercises there are quizzes where you match the English word to the word in the other language. Sometimes I get confused, in Spanish or Italian, because I do not realise that I am being asked for a noun not a verb. For example, I am asked to translate fall, American English for British autumn. I think I am being asked for the verb to fall.
However, in German you can distinguish the noun cook from the verb cook because the noun starts with a capital letter. When I see the word cook in English, is the German the word for a cook, or to cook? Google translate solves this problem.
English - Standard German
the cook - der Koch
to cook - kochen
English - Swiss-German - German
Switzerland - schwiz - Schweiz (both the German and Swiss-German words start with sch but standard German has an extra e)
cook/chef - Choch (Swiss-German), Koch (Standard German, with initial capital for a noun)
Useful Websites
https://studyinginswitzerland.com/swiss-german-vs-german-differences/
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