Walafrid Strabo in the 9th century remarked, in discussing the people of Switzerland and the surrounding regions, that only foreigners called them the Alemanni, but that they gave themselves the name of Suebi.
Gallena je u 9. stoljeću zabilježio u diskusiji o ljudima Švicarske i okolnih regija da su ih samo stranci zvali Alemanima, ali da su sebi dali ime Svevi.