Germany uses type F electric plugs. Switzerland uses type J electric plugs. Both countries have 230 volts.
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The Switzerland plugs have grounding pins. I can't really tell from the photos on the referenced page, but the F plugs might fit in there. However, why not just buy the grounded J plug to be safe?
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Switzerland has it's own standard, but most appliances use a simple type C plug (no problem using appliances with that standard wherever they've been bought). Unfortunately a type F plug usually doesn't work in Switzerland, but you may be veeeery lucky and still somehow manage to force it in... Since that's pretty dangerous and in most cases won't work anyway, I'd advise you to get a converter.
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The answer is a definitive NO! If you find a J outlet, you may however plug in a C plug. Any other plug would ruin your appliances. An adaptor would look like this: http://wcs.minibarebones.de/Reisestecker/Reisestecker-Deutschland-%3E-Schweiz::24.html?XTCsid=rlg4edvl1i7182ojqttu5qinr5. Buy it in any super market here, it only costs a few bucks.
