schweißen

See also: Schweißen

German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German sweizen (“to roast, weld”, -ʒ- and -z-), from Old High German sweizen (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną, causative of etymology 2.

Alternative forms

• schweissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, alternatively Luxembourg)
• schweizen, schweytzen (archaic, dialectal)

Verb

1. to weld

Derived terms

• Schweißbrenner
• Schweißer
• verschweißen
• zusammenschweißen

Etymology 2

From Middle High German sweizen (“to sweat, bleed”), from Old High German *sweizan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitaną. Cognate with Luxembourgish schweessen (“to sweat”), Dutch zweten (“to sweat”), English sweat.

Alternative forms

• schweissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, alternatively Luxembourg)

Verb

1. (obsolete) to sweat
2. (specialist, hunting) to bleed

Synonyms

• (sweat): schwitzen
• (bleed): bluten

Related terms

• Schweiß

Further reading

• “schweißen” in Duden online