schwemmen

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German swemmen, from Old High German *swemmen, from Proto-Germanic *swammijaną. Equivalent to a causative of schwimmen, thus originally “to make swim or float”. Cognate with Old English beswemman.

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schwemmen (weak, third-person singular present schwemmt, past tense schwemmte, past participle geschwemmt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (with some adverbial of place) to wash (move by the current of water)
    Synonym: spülen
    Die Leiche wurde ans Ufer geschwemmt.
    The corpse was washed ashore.
  2. (figurative) to bring (something somewhere) in large quantities

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