wechseln

Meaning

  1. (weak) to change, to exchange
  2. (weak) to switch
  3. (weak) to swap
  4. (weak) to vary
  5. (weak) to shift

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schangschiere

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

wäggsle

Fribourg

Fribourg

wechsle

Graubünden

Graubünden

wechsla

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈvɛksl̩n]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wëhseln, from Old High German *wehsalōn, from Proto-Germanic *wihslōną, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk-, *weyḱ- (“to change”). Compare Dutch wisselen, Luxembourgish wiesselen, dialectal English wissle, more distantly Latin vicis, English week, German Woche.

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