schwevve

Central Franconian

Alternative forms
  • schwäve (parts of northern and eastern Ripuarian)
  • schwäwe, schweawe, schwewe (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German swebēn, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʋɛvə/

Verb

schwevve (third-person singular present schwäv, past participle jeschwäv)

  1. (most of Ripuarian) to hover, soar, float, drift
    • 1907, “Am Dude Jüdd”, performed by Willi Ostermann:
      Su zo schwevve es e Levve für die Stollwercks-Hautevolee.
      Keinen Danz weed üvverschlage, nur jeschweiß un nix em Mage.
      To float like that means a life to the Stollwerck high society.
      No dance will be omitted, just sweating and no food in their stomachs.
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