zwaar

Meaning

  1. heavy, hefty
  2. strong physically
  3. strong, potent
  4. big, sizeable
  5. difficult, hard
  6. arduous, gruelling
  7. important, significant

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/zʋaːr/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch swâer, from Old Dutch *swār, *swāri, from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, *swēriz.

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