zweren
Meaning
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- (transitive) to swear, pledge, declare under oath
- (intransitive) to make/take an oath
- (intransitive) to swear, to curse, notably blasphemously
Concepts
swear
vow
pledge
take an oath
fester
ulcerate
affirm
rankle
gad about
Frequency
Hyphenated as
zwe‧ren
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzʋeːrə(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch swēren, from Old Dutch *swerien, sweren, from Proto-West Germanic *swarjan, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-.
New
zweer
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a purulent boil, skin injury containing pus, ulcer
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