sway

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. To move or swing from side to side; or backward and forward; to rock.
2. To move or wield with the hand; to swing; to wield.
3. To influence or direct by power, authority, persuasion, or by moral force; to rule; to govern; to guide. Compare persuade.
4. To cause to incline or swing to one side, or backward and forward; to bias; to turn; to bend; to warp.
5. To hoist (a mast or yard) into position.
6. To be drawn to one side by weight or influence; to lean; to incline.
7. To have weight or influence.
8. To bear sway; to rule; to govern.

schwanken

schwingen

beeinflussen

schaukeln

wehen

sich schaukeln

sich bewegen

sich wiegen

Einfluß haben auf

erschüttern ins Wanken bringen

Wiegeschritt

ins Wanken bringen

be unsteady

lumber along

be lopsided

wield

blow about

rock to and fro

backward and forward

be capricious

pursue erratic course

stroke

make anxious

lean to a particular side

persuade somebody to believe

swish back and forth

waver between opinions

waving motion

swinging motion

seving

weight with

ability

lean over

shilly shally

Frequenz

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/sweɪ/

From earlier swey (“to fall, swoon”), from Middle English sweyen, from Old Norse sveigja (“to bend, bow”), from Proto-Germanic *swaigijaną (compare Saterland Frisian swooie (“to swing, wave, wobble”), Dutch zwaaien, Dutch Low Saxon sweuen (“to sway in the wind”), from Proto-Indo-European *sweh₁- (compare Lithuanian svaĩgti (“to become giddy or dizzy”), the second element of Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌-𐬱𐬑𐬎𐬀𐬑𐬙𐬀 (paⁱri-šxuaxta, “to surround”), Sanskrit स्वजते (svájate, “he embraces, enfolds”). The noun derived from the verb.