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schwer.

heavy, weighty

6 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ʃveːr/[ʃveːɐ̯][ʃvɛɐ̯][ʃveːʁ]

  1. heavy, weighty

  2. indigestible

  3. grave, severe, intense, serious, heavy

    figuratively
    schwerer Regen
    ein schweres Vergehen

  4. heavy (doing the specified activity more intensely)

    figuratively
    ein schwerer Raucher

  5. clumsy, sluggish

    figuratively

  6. difficult, hard

    figuratively
    eine schwere Aufgabe

  7. very, much

    adverbial · figuratively
    schwer verliebt
    schwer verletzt
Where this word comes from

From 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”).

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