schwelen

Meaning

1. (weak) to smoulder
2. (weak) to fester, to simmer

Concepts

smolder

smoulder

smoke

smother

sputter

Synonyms

glimmen

qualmen

schmoren

dunsten

rußen

schwären

verräuchern

gären

rauchig sein

glosen

rauchen

Translations

için için yanmak

σιγοκαίω

dumansız yanmak

smeulen

fumare

fumegar

arder sem chama

arder

fuego lento

arder sin llama

καίω χωρίς φλόγα

içten içe olmak

υποκαίω

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

glumse

Basel-Landschaft

motte

Basel-Landschaft

mutte

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃveːlən/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: zwelen

Cognate with Old English: swelan

Cognate with Old Norse: svalr

Cognate with Danish: sval

In summary

18th century, from Low German swelen, from Middle Low German swēlen, from Old Saxon *swelan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelan, from Proto-Germanic *swelaną (“to smoulder, burn slowly”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, burn”). Cognate with Dutch zwelen, Old English swelan. Also related to German schwül (“sultry”), Old Norse svalr (“cold”), whence Danish sval.