schwieren

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German sweren, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną. Cognate with German schwören, English swear, Dutch zweren.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃwiə̯ʀən/

Verb

schwieren (third-person singular present schwiert, past participle geschwuer, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to swear
   • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:34:

     Ech awer soen iech: Schwiert iwwerhaapt net - weder beim Himmel, well dat ass dem Herrgott säin Troun

     But I say to you: Do not swear at all - neither by Heaven, for that is the throne of God

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	schwieren
participle	geschwuer
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	schwieren	—
2nd singular	schwiers	schwier
3rd singular	schwiert	—
1st plural	schwieren	—
2nd plural	schwiert	schwiert
3rd plural	schwieren	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

• beschwieren