schwer
Meaning
- heavy, weighty
- difficult, hard
- serious
- indigestible
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃveːɐ̯/
Etymology
From Middle High German swær, from Old High German swār, from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy, grave, serious”).
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