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schwammen

schwammen

See also: schwämmen and Schwämmen

German

Verb

schwammen

  1. First-person plural preterite of schwimmen.
  2. Third-person plural preterite of schwimmen.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German swimmen, from Old High German swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną. Cognate with German schwimmen, Dutch zwemmen, English swim, Faroese svimja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃwɑmən/

Verb

schwammen (third-person singular present schwëmmt, past participle geschwommen, auxiliary verb sinn)

  1. (intransitive) to swim

Conjugation

Irregular
infinitive schwammen
participle geschwommen
auxiliary sinn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular schwammen
2nd singular schwëmms schwamm
3rd singular schwëmmt
1st plural schwammen
2nd plural schwammt schwammt
3rd plural schwammen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.