schwer
Sentences
Meaning
- heavy, weighty
- difficult, hard
- serious
- indigestible
Concepts
with difficulty
stallwart
not easily
bulky and heavy
a damn lot
Opposite of
leicht, einfach
Synonyms
kein Zuckerschlecken
vielschichtig
schwer verständlich
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
schwäär
Basel-Landschaft
schwäärlächt
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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