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Yiddish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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”).
Adjective
שווער • (shver)
- heavy
- difficult, hard
- rugged
Declension
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “heavy, difficult”): לײַכט (laykht), גרינג (gring)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Middle High German sweher, from Old High German swehur, from Proto-Germanic *swehuraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.
Noun
שווער • (shver) m, plural שווערן (shvern)
- father-in-law