Meaning

  1. heavy, weighty
  2. difficult, hard
  3. serious
  4. indigestible

Opposite of
leicht, einfach
Frequency

A1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schwäär

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schwäärlächt

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

schwäär

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʃveːɐ̯/
Etymology

In summary

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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