schweifen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German sweifen, from Old High German sweifan, from Proto-West Germanic *swaipan, from Proto-Germanic *swaipaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaɪ̯fən/,
  • Hyphenation: schwei‧fen
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Verb

schweifen (weak, third-person singular present schweift, past tense schweifte, past participle geschweift, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. to wander, to rove
  2. to curve

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Further reading

  • schweifen” in Duden online
  • schweifen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache