Schwein
Central Franconian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German swīn, from Proto-West Germanic *swīn. Native only in western Moselle Franconian, otherwise borrowed from standard German.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schwein n (plural Schwein or Schweine, diminutive Schweinche)
- (western Moselle Franconian) pig; swine (animal)
- (all dialects) swine (mean person)
Synonyms
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German swīn, from Old High German swīn (akin to Old Saxon swīn), from Proto-West Germanic *swīn.
Compare Low German Swin, Swien, Schwien (Schweyn), Dutch zwijn, English swine, Danish svin (also comparable to Latin suīnus and to Polish świnia).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schwein n (strong, genitive Schweines or Schweins, plural Schweine, diminutive Schweinchen n or Schweinderl n)
- swine, pig.
- (derogatory) A dirty, or contemptible person.
- (often construed with haben) luck, good fortune
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- “Schwein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schwein” in Duden online
- “Schwein” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schwein”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
- Schwein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Hunsrik
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German and Old High German swīn (akin to Old Saxon swin), from Proto-West Germanic *swīn.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schwein n (plural Schwein, diminutive Schweinche)
- pig
- Die Schwein esse alle Sorte Dings.
- Pigs eat all sorts of things.
Further reading
[edit]- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Middle High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms derived from Old High German
- Central Franconian terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Central Franconian terms borrowed from German
- Central Franconian terms derived from German
- Central Franconian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Central Franconian lemmas
- Central Franconian nouns
- Central Franconian neuter nouns
- Moselle Franconian
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/aɪ̯n
- Rhymes:German/aɪ̯n/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German neuter nouns
- German derogatory terms
- de:Pigs
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Middle High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms derived from Old High German
- Hunsrik terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Hunsrik 1-syllable words
- Hunsrik terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hunsrik lemmas
- Hunsrik nouns
- Hunsrik neuter nouns
- Hunsrik terms with usage examples