schweessen

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃveːsen/, [ˈʃweːsən]

Etymology 1

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

Verb

schweessen (third-person singular present schweesst, past participle geschweesst, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to sweat

Related terms

• Schweess

Etymology 2

From Middle High German sweizen (“to roast, weld”, -z- and -ʒ-), from Old High German sweizen (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną, causative of etymology 1. Cognate with German schweißen (“to weld”, obsolete also schweizen, swaitzen).

Verb

schweessen (third-person singular present schweesst, past participle geschweesst, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to weld, to solder

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	schweessen
participle	geschweesst
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	schweessen	—
2nd singular	schweess	schweess
3rd singular	schweesst	—
1st plural	schweessen	—
2nd plural	schweesst	schweesst
3rd plural	schweessen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.