Neuter

Schwimmen

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Meaning

gerund of schwimmen; swim, the act of swimming

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schwimmen

  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)

Synonyms

Floaten

Schwimmfertigkeit

Schwimmtraining

Schwimmsport

Schweben

Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schwumm

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ʃvɪmən]

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