schwemmen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German swemmen, from Old High German *swemmen, from Proto-Germanic *swammijaną. Equivalent to a causative of schwimmen, thus originally “to make swim or float”. Cognate with Old English beswemman.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛmən/, [ˈʃʋɛ.mən], [-mn̩], [-mm̩]
Audio: (file) - Homophones: schwämmen, Schwämmen, Schwemmen
Verb
[edit]schwemmen (weak, third-person singular present schwemmt, past tense schwemmte, past participle geschwemmt, auxiliary haben)
- (with some adverbial of place) to wash (move by the current of water)
- Synonym: spülen
- Die Leiche wurde ans Ufer geschwemmt.
- The corpse was washed ashore.
- (figurative) to bring (something somewhere) in large quantities
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schwemmen | ||||
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present participle | schwemmend | ||||
past participle | geschwemmt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schwemme | wir schwemmen | i | ich schwemme | wir schwemmen |
du schwemmst | ihr schwemmt | du schwemmest | ihr schwemmet | ||
er schwemmt | sie schwemmen | er schwemme | sie schwemmen | ||
preterite | ich schwemmte | wir schwemmten | ii | ich schwemmte1 | wir schwemmten1 |
du schwemmtest | ihr schwemmtet | du schwemmtest1 | ihr schwemmtet1 | ||
er schwemmte | sie schwemmten | er schwemmte1 | sie schwemmten1 | ||
imperative | schwemm (du) schwemme (du) |
schwemmt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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