Schweiß

German

Alternative forms

• Schweiss (Switzerland)

Etymology

From Middle High German sweiz, from Old High German sweiz, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”), *sweyd-. Cognate with German Low German Sweet, Dutch zweet, English sweat, West Frisian swit, Danish sved, and Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn); see sweat for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃvaɪ̯s/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

Schweiß m (genitive Schweißes, plural Schweiße)

1. sweat
2. (hunting) blood of the game

Derived terms

• Schweißdrüse

Related terms

• schwitzen

Further reading

• “Schweiß” in Duden online