schwiewen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃwiə̯vən/
  • 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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