Schwert
German
Etymology
From Middle High German swert, from Old High German swert (attested since the 8th century); from Proto-West Germanic *swerd, from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“to fester, to cut”).
Germanic cognates with identical meaning include Hunsrik Schweert, Low German Sweerd, Dutch zwaard, Afrikaans swaard, English sword, West Frisian swurd, Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd, Icelandic sverð, Faroese svørð.
The further etymology outside the Germanic branch is currently unknown. *swerdą, swerða- seems to be a nominal derivative with dental suffix originating from Indo-European *swer- and may, thus, be a cognate to German schwären (“to fester”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃveːrt/, [ʃʋeːɐ̯t], [ʃʋɛɐ̯t]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -eːɐ̯t
- Hyphenation: Schwert
- Homophone: schwärt (some speakers)
Noun
Schwert n (strong, genitive Schwertes or Schwerts, plural Schwerter)
- sword
- Er zückte augenblicklich sein Schwert.
- He drew his sword immediately.
- Das Katana war ein weit verbreitetes Schwert in Japan.
- The katana was a very common sword in Japan.
- Breitschwert ― broadsword
- Langschwert ― longsword
- blade (of a chainsaw etc.)
- dorsal fin (of certain kinds of whales)
- Synonym: Rückenflosse f
- Schwertwal ― orca
- (heraldry) sword
Declension
Derived terms
- Breitschwert
- Langschwert
- Lichtschwert
- Samuraischwert
- Schwertergegeklirr
- Schwertfeger
- schwertförmig
- Schwertgriff
- Schwerthieb
- Schwertkampf
- Schwertkämpfer
- Schwertklinge
- Schwertleite
- Schwertlilie
- Schwertmeister
- Schwertscheide
- Schwertschlucker
- Schwertschmied
- Schwertspitze
Related terms
References
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Schwert”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
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