swan

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. Any of various species of large, long-necked waterfowl, of genus Cygnus (bird family: Anatidae), most of which have white plumage.
2. One whose grace etc. suggests a swan.
3. This bird used as a heraldic charge, sometimes with a crown around its neck (e. g. the arms of Buckinghamshire).

Verb

To travel or move about in an aimless, idle, or pretentiously casual way.

Verb

To declare (chiefly in first-person present constructions).

Konzepte

Schwan

Schwäne

schwan

Höckerschwan

Schwänin

schwören

ausfasern

herumlaufen

herumstreunen

herumwandern

ranken

schweifen

streunen

treiben

umherirren

umherschweifen

umherstreichen

umherwandern

wandern

ziehen

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/swɒn/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English swan, from Old English swan, from Proto-West Germanic *swan, from Proto-Germanic *swanaz (“swan”, literally “the singing bird”), from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-/*swenh₂- (“to sing, make sound”).
Cognate with West Frisian swan, Low German Swaan, swan, Dutch zwaan, German Schwan, Danish svane, Norwegian svane, Swedish svan. Related also to Old English ġeswin (“melody, song”), Old English swinsian (“to make melody”).
Further cognates include (possibly) Russian звон (zvon, “ring, chime”); Latin sonus (“sound”), Sanskrit स्वन् (svan, “sound”).
Doublet of sound.

Sätze

She danced like a swan , tall and graceful .

Sie tanzte wie ein Schwan, groß und anmutig.