swarm

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. A large number of insects, especially when in motion or (for bees) migrating to a new colony.
2. A mass of people, animals or things in motion or turmoil.
3. A group of nodes sharing the same torrent in a BitTorrent network.
4. A number of small earthquakes (or other seismic events) occurring, with no clear cause, in a specific area within a relatively short space of time.

Verb

1. To move as a swarm.
2. To teem, or be overrun with insects, people, etc.
3. To fill a place as a swarm.
4. To overwhelm as by an opposing army.
5. To climb by gripping with arms and legs alternately.
6. To breed multitudes.

Konzepte

Schwarm

schwärmen

Haufen

Menge

wimmeln

Schar

Masse

Stapel

Menschenauflauf

Menschenmenge

Herde

Gewimmel

Meute

Rudel

Volk

Menschenschwarm

Gedränge

Gewühle

Menschentraube

sich zusammendrängen

sich zusammenscharen

versammelt sein

zusammenkommen

Gruppe

Partei

Zug

Gruppe bilden

Schar bilden

sich scharen

sich sammeln

Zusammenballen

Zusammendrängen

Zusammenscharen

wuseln

ausschwärmen

Pack

Rotte

Schafherde

Schule

Sprung

Horde

Trupp

Schwärme

-schwärme

Ansammlung

Chrotta

Menschenmasse

Völkchen

Zuschauermenge

Gesocks

Mob

Plebs

lärmende Menge

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/swɔɹm/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Middle English swarm, from Old English swearm (“swarm, multitude”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarm, from Proto-Germanic *swarmaz (“swarm, dizziness”), from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to buzz, hum”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Swoorm (“swarm”), Dutch zwerm, German Schwarm, Danish sværm, Swedish svärm, Icelandic svarmur (“tumult, swarm”), Latin susurrus (“whispering, humming”), Lithuanian surma (“a pipe”), Russian свире́ль (svirélʹ, “a pipe, reed”).
The verb is from Middle English swarmen, swermen, from Old English swierman (“to swarm”), from Proto-West Germanic *swarmijan, from Proto-Germanic *swarmijaną (“to swarm”), from the noun. Cognate with Scots swairm, swerm (“to swarm”), Dutch zwermen, German schwärmen, Danish sværme, Swedish svärma.