shvitz
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German sweizzen (Modern German Schweiß, schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”).
Noun[edit]
shvitz (countable and uncountable; plural shvitzes)
- Sweat.
- A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin.
Translations[edit]
sweat — see sweat
Verb[edit]
shvitz (third-person singular simple present shvitzes, present participle shvitzing, simple past and past participle shvitzed)
- (intransitive) To sweat.
