schwer
See also: Schwer
German
Etymology
From Middle High German swær, from Old High German swār, from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy, grave, serious”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃveːɐ̯/
audio (Germany) (file) audio (Austria) (file) - Rhymes: -eːɐ̯
Adjective
schwer (strong nominative masculine singular schwerer, comparative schwerer, superlative am schwersten)
- heavy, weighty
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
- Und sie ging gebückt, als trage sie eine schwere Last, […]
- And she walked bowed as if she carried a heavy load, […]
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
- difficult, hard
- eine schwere Aufgabe ― a difficult task
- serious
- (of food) indigestible
Declension
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Derived terms
- schwergängig, schwerhörig
- beschweren, erschweren
Related terms
- folgenschwer
- gedankenschwer
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