schwimmen

Signification

1. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to swim (to use swimming motions to move in the water)
2. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to swim (for pleasure, as a sport, etc.)
3. (class-3,intransitive,strong,transitive) to swim (a certain distance)
4. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to transport by floating
5. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to float, to be floating
6. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to float (somewhere), to move (somewhere) by floating
7. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to be doused or covered in liquid
8. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to be swimming in (money, etc.)
9. (class-3,intransitive,strong) to be moving in a blurry or indistinct fashion, to swim (in someone's vision)
10. (class-3,colloquial,intransitive,strong) to lose control (of a situation)

Coupé comme

schwim‧men

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈʃvɪmən/

Étymologie

From Middle High German swimmen, from Old High German swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną. Compare Low German swimmen, Dutch zwemmen, English swim, Danish svømme.

Phrases

Lass uns einmal zur Boje und wieder zurück schwimmen .

Allons à la bouée et nageons en arrière.