schwer
See also: Schwer
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German swær, from Old High German swār, from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy, grave, serious”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editschwer (strong nominative masculine singular schwerer, comparative schwerer, superlative am schwersten)
- heavy, weighty
- Antonym: leicht
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
- Und sie ging gebückt, als trage sie eine schwere Last, […]
- And she walked bowed as if she carried a heavy load, […]
- difficult, hard
- serious
- (of food) indigestible
Declension
editPositive forms of schwer
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist schwer | sie ist schwer | es ist schwer | sie sind schwer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schwerer | schwere | schweres | schwere |
genitive | schweren | schwerer | schweren | schwerer | |
dative | schwerem | schwerer | schwerem | schweren | |
accusative | schweren | schwere | schweres | schwere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schwere | die schwere | das schwere | die schweren |
genitive | des schweren | der schweren | des schweren | der schweren | |
dative | dem schweren | der schweren | dem schweren | den schweren | |
accusative | den schweren | die schwere | das schwere | die schweren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schwerer | eine schwere | ein schweres | (keine) schweren |
genitive | eines schweren | einer schweren | eines schweren | (keiner) schweren | |
dative | einem schweren | einer schweren | einem schweren | (keinen) schweren | |
accusative | einen schweren | eine schwere | ein schweres | (keine) schweren |
Comparative forms of schwer
Superlative forms of schwer
Derived terms
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