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schwimmen.

to swim (to use swimming motions to move in the water)

9 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈʃvɪmən/[ˈʃʋɪ.mən][-mn̩][-mm̩]
  1. to swim (to use swimming motions to move in the water)

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  2. to swim (for pleasure, as a sport, etc.)

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  3. to swim (a certain distance)

    class-3 · intransitive · strong · transitive
  4. to transport by floating

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  5. to float, to be floating

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  6. to float (somewhere), to move (somewhere) by floating

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  7. to be doused or covered in liquid

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  8. to be swimming in (money, etc.)

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  9. to be moving in a blurry or indistinct fashion, to swim (in someone's vision)

    class-3 · intransitive · strong
  10. to lose control (of a situation)

    class-3 · colloquial · intransitive · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German swimmen, from Old High German swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną. Compare Low German swimmen, Dutch zwemmen, English swim, Danish svømme.

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