swing

(Englisch)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To rotate about an off-centre fixed point.
2. (intransitive) To dance.
3. (intransitive) To ride on a swing.
4. (intransitive) To participate in the swinging lifestyle; to participate in wifeswapping.
5. (intransitive) To hang from the gallows; to be punished by hanging, swing for something or someone; (often hyperbolic) to be severely punished.
6. (intransitive) To move sideways in its trajectory.
7. (transitive) (of a bowler) To make the ball move sideways in its trajectory.
8. (intransitive) To fluctuate or change.
9. (transitive) To move (an object) backward and forward; to wave.
10. (transitive) To change (a numerical result); especially to change the outcome of an election.
11. (slang, transitive) To make (something) work; especially to afford (something) financially.
12. (transitive) To play notes that are in pairs by making the first of the pair slightly longer than written (augmentation) and the second shorter, resulting in a bouncy, uneven rhythm.
13. (intransitive, transitive) To move one's arm in a punching motion.
14. (transitive) In dancing, to turn around in a small circle with one's partner, holding hands or arms.
15. (transitive) To admit or turn something for the purpose of shaping it; said of a lathe.
16. (transitive) To put (a door, gate, etc.) on hinges so that it can swing or turn.
17. To turn round by action of wind or tide when at anchor.
18. To turn in a different direction.
19. To be sexually oriented.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The act, or an instance, of swinging.
2. (countable, uncountable) The manner in which something is swung.
3. (countable, uncountable) The sweep or compass of a swinging body.
4. (countable, uncountable) A line, cord, or other thing suspended and hanging loose, upon which anything may swing.
5. (countable, uncountable) A hanging seat that can swing back and forth, in a children's playground, for acrobats in a circus, or on a porch for relaxing.
6. (countable, uncountable) An energetic and acrobatic late-1930s partner-based dance style, also known as jitterbug and lindy-hop.
7. (countable, uncountable) The genre of music associated with this dance style.
8. (countable, uncountable) The amount of change towards or away from something.
9. (countable, uncountable) The amount of change towards or away from something.
10. (countable, uncountable) Sideways movement of the ball as it flies through the air.
11. (countable, uncountable) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it.
12. (countable, uncountable) In a musical theater production, a performer who understudies several roles.
13. (countable, uncountable) A basic dance step in which a pair link hands and turn round together in a circle.
14. (countable, uncountable) The maximum amount of change that has occurred or can occur; the sum of the maximum changes in any direction.
15. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Free course; unrestrained liberty.
16. (countable, uncountable) Influence or power of anything put in motion.
17. (countable, uncountable) A type of hook with the arm more extended.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈswɪŋ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: swyngen

Geerbt von Altenglisch: swingan

Verwandt mit Niederdeutsch: swingen

Verwandt mit Deutsch: schwingen

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: zwingen

Verwandt mit Schwedisch: svinga

Verwandt mit Gälisch (Schottland): seang

In summary

From Middle English swyngen, from Old English swingan, from Proto-West Germanic *swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą (compare Low German swingen, German schwingen, Dutch zwingen, Swedish svinga), from Proto-Indo-European *swenk-, *sweng- (compare Scottish Gaelic seang (“thin”)). Related to swink.

Konzepte

schwingen

schaukeln

Schaukel

schwenken

👋

wiegen

Schwingen

Schwung

schlingen

Pendel

schwanken

baumeln

Perpendikel

schütteln

rütteln

agitieren

in Aufruhr versetzen

in Unruhe versetzen

in Wallung bringen

aufwiegeln

hängen

Ruck

aufwühlen

Hutsche

Ausschlag

sich regen

sich rühren

sich wenden

spazieren gehen

Uhr

Umschwung

vermischen

vibrieren

wackeln

wehen

wippen

in Schwung bringen

ins Wanken bringen

Wippen

zittern

herabhängen

herunterhängen lassen

Jive

Swing

Swing-Musik

Pendeln

sich umwenden

sich umdrehen

erschüttern ins Wanken bringen

hutschen

untermengen

Synonyme

rock

🪨

sway

wave

👋

shake

🫨

oscillate

dangle

brandish

wag

waver

wobble

hang

move

flourish

vibrate

vacillate

jolt

swinging

wield

seesaw

beat

tremble

fluctuate

hammock

sweep

rotate

fling

cradle

flap

wave about

oscillation

pendulum

jerk

stroke

swing music

turn

wobbling

dangling

agitate

roll

waggle

quiver

vacillation

pivot

rocking chair

wabble

waving

jive

throw

suspend

stir

Übersetzungen

balançoire

balancer

se balancer

altalena

osciller

balancear

columpio

columpiar

dondolare

huśtawka

gronxador

balançar

mecer

🪨

secouer

κούνια

Sätze

A kid is standing on a swing at a playground .

Ein Kind steht auf einem Spielplatz auf einer Schaukel.