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German
Etymology
From Middle High German swanger, from Old High German swangar, from Proto-West Germanic *swangr (“heavy”), further origin unknown. Cognate with Old English swangor, Dutch zwanger (“pregnant”), Lithuanian sunkùs (“heavy; difficult”) and Yiddish שוואַנגער (shvanger, “pregnant”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
schwanger (strong nominative masculine singular schwangerer, not comparable)
- pregnant (of humans)
- Synonyms: in anderen Umständen, in Hoffnung, guter Hoffnung
Sie ist schwanger von ihrem Mann Peter mit ihrem dritten Kind.- She is pregnant from her husband Peter with her third child.
- (chiefly colloquial, sometimes frowned upon) pregnant, gravid (of animals)
- Synonym: trächtig
- (poetic) full of, laden with
Declension
Positive forms of schwanger (uncomparable)
Derived terms
Further reading
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German swanger, from Old High German swangar. Cognate with German schwanger and Yiddish שווענגערן (shvengern).
Pronunciation
Adjective
schwanger
- pregnant
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