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Schwert

Schwert

German

Noun

Schwert n ‎(genitive Schwerts or Schwertes, plural Schwerter)

  1. sword
    Er zückte augenblicklich sein Schwert. — He drew his sword immediately.
    Das Katana war ein weit verbreitetes Schwert in Japan. — The katana was a very common sword in Japan.
    Breitschwert — broadsword
    Langschwert — longsword
  2. blade (of a chainsaw etc.)
  3. dorsal fin (of certain kinds of whales)
    Schwertwal — orca

Declension

Synonyms

  • (blade of a chainsaw): Blatt n, Klinge f
  • (dorsal fin of certain whales): Rückenflosse f

Derived terms

Related terms

  • Schwertel

References

  1. ↑ Pfeifer, Wolfgang. 1995, 2005. Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen. München: dtv. ISBN 3423325119.

Etymology

From Middle High German swert, from Old High German swert (attested since the 8th century); from Proto-Germanic *swerdą, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- ‎(“to fester, to cut”)

Germanic Cognates with identical meaning include Low German Sweerd, Dutch zwaard, Afrikaans swaard, English sword, West Frisian swurd, Danish sværd, Norwegian sverd, Swedish svärd, Icelandic sverð, Faroese svørð.

The further etymology outside the Germanic branch is currently unknown. *swerdą, swerða- seems to be a nominal derivative with dental suffix originating from Indo-European *swer- and may, thus, be a cognate to German schwären ‎(“to fester”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʃveːɐ̯t]
  • Rhymes: -eːɐ̯t
  • Hyphenation: Schwert

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