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schwitzen

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German switzen, from Old High German swizzen, from Proto-West Germanic *swittjan, from Proto-Germanic *switjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swidyéti (“to sweat”). Cognates (without gemination): Dutch zweten, Danish svede, English sweat.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪtsən/, [ˈʃʋɪtsən], [ˈʃʋɪtsn̩]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

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schwitzen (weak, third-person singular present schwitzt, past tense schwitzte, past participle geschwitzt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or intransitive) to sweat; to perspire (of living beings)
    Synonym: (lofty) transpirieren
  2. (intransitive) to give off water (of things)
  3. (intransitive, figuratively) to think hard; to work hard [with über (+ dative) ‘on a mental task’]
    Synonym: brüten
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to be in fear; to worry

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “schwitzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “schwitzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “schwitzen” in Duden online
  • “schwitzen” in OpenThesaurus.de