schwiewen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German swebēn, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną. Cognate with German schweben and Dutch zweven.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃwiə.vən]
  • Rhymes: -iəvən

Verb

schwiewen (third-person singular present schwieft, past participle geschwieft, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. (intransitive) to float, to hover

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive schwiewen
participle geschwieft
auxiliary sinn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular schwiewen
2nd singular schwiefs schwief
3rd singular schwieft
1st plural schwiewen
2nd plural schwieft schwieft
3rd plural schwiewen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

  • an der Schwief (in limbo)
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