שוווּם

Yiddish

Etymology

Compare Alemannic German Schwumm. Related to שווימען (shvimen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃvʊm/

Noun

שוווּם • (shvum) m, plural שוווּמען (shvumen)

1. a swim
2. (swimming) stroke

Derived terms

• אויפֿשוווּם (oyfshvum, “revival, flourishing, boom”)
• אָנשוווּם (onshvum, “floating”)
• פֿלאַטערל־שוווּם (flaterl-shvum)
• קלאַפֿטערשוווּם (klaftershvum)
• נאַזנשוווּם (naznshvum)
• זשאַבעשוווּם (zhabeshvum)

References

• Justus van de Kamp et al., “שװוּם” in Jiddisch-Nederlands Woordenboek [Yiddish-Dutch Dictionary], Amsterdam: Stichting Jiddische Lexicografie, 1987-present (ongoing). [1].
• Schaechter-Viswanath, Gitl, Glasser, Paul (2016) “swim”, in Comprehensive English-Yiddish Dictionary, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, →ISBN