schweifen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German sweifen, from Old High German sweifan, from Proto-West Germanic *swaipan, from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaɪ̯fən/, [ˈʃvaɪ̯fn̩]
  • Hyphenation: schwei‧fen
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Verb

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schweifen (weak, third-person singular present schweift, past tense schweifte, past participle geschweift, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to wander, to rove [auxiliary sein]
  2. to curve [auxiliary haben]

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • schweifen” in Duden online
  • schweifen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache