Schwert
Meaning
- (neuter,strong) sword
- (neuter,strong) blade (of a chainsaw etc.)
- (neuter,strong) dorsal fin (of certain kinds of whales)
- (neuter,strong) sword
Concepts
Synonyms
männliches Glied
Seitengewehr
Tragen eines Schwertes
Schwert mit breiter Klinge
Pimmelmann
Pillermann
Prengel
Kindermacher
Piephahn
Zumpferl
Pillemann
Pillemännchen
Frequency
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃveːrt/
Etymology
From Middle High German swert, from Old High German swert (attested since the 8th century); from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to fester, to cut”). Germanic cognates with identical meaning include Hunsrik Schweert, Low German Sweerd, Dutch zwaard, Afrikaans swaard, English sword, West Frisian swurd, Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd, Icelandic sverð, Faroese svørð. The further etymology outside the Germanic branch is currently unknown. *swerdą, swerða- seems to be a nominal derivative with dental suffix originating from Indo-European *swer- and may, thus, be a cognate to German schwären (“to fester”).
Cognate with Dutch
zwaard
Cognate with English
sword
Cognate with Western Frisian
swurd
Cognate with German
schwären
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