schweppern
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]By surface analysis, schwappen + -ern.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]schweppern (weak, third-person singular present schweppert, past tense schwepperte, past participle geschweppert, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (colloquial, rare, intransitive) to slosh (of liquids)
- Synonym: schwappen
- (regional, Eastern Central German, intransitive) to spill over the rim of a container (of liquids, typically accidentally)
- Synonym: überschwappen
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schweppern | ||||
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present participle | schweppernd | ||||
past participle | geschweppert | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schweppre ich schweppere ich schwepper |
wir schweppern | i | ich schweppere ich schweppre |
wir schweppern |
du schwepperst | ihr schweppert | du schwepperest du schwepprest |
ihr schwepperet ihr schweppret | ||
er schweppert | sie schweppern | er schweppere er schweppre |
sie schweppern | ||
preterite | ich schwepperte | wir schwepperten | ii | ich schwepperte1 | wir schwepperten1 |
du schweppertest | ihr schweppertet | du schweppertest1 | ihr schweppertet1 | ||
er schwepperte | sie schwepperten | er schwepperte1 | sie schwepperten1 | ||
imperative | schweppre (du) schwepper (du) schweppere (du) |
schweppert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “schweppern” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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