schwimmen
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German
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
Verb
schwimmen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present schwimmt, past tense schwamm or (chiefly informal) schwomm, past participle geschwommen, past subjunctive schwämme or schwömme, auxiliary sein or haben)
- (intransitive) to swim (to use swimming motions to move in the water)
- (intransitive) to swim (for pleasure, as a sport, etc.)
- (intransitive, transitive) to swim (a certain distance)
- (intransitive) to transport by floating
- (intransitive) to float, to be floating
- (intransitive) to float (somewhere), to move (somewhere) by floating
- (intransitive) to be doused or covered in liquid
- (intransitive) to be swimming in (money, etc.)
- (intransitive) to be moving in a blurry or indistinct fashion, to swim (in someone's vision)
- (intransitive, colloquial) to lose control (of a situation)
Conjugation
| infinitive | schwimmen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schwimmend | ||||
| past participle | geschwommen | ||||
| auxiliary | sein or haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schwimme | wir schwimmen | i | ich schwimme | wir schwimmen |
| du schwimmst | ihr schwimmt | du schwimmest | ihr schwimmet | ||
| er schwimmt | sie schwimmen | er schwimme | sie schwimmen | ||
| preterite | ich schwamm ich schwomm1 |
wir schwammen wir schwommen1 |
ii | ich schwämme2 ich schwömme2 |
wir schwämmen2 wir schwömmen2 |
| du schwammst du schwommst1 |
ihr schwammt ihr schwommt1 |
du schwämmest2 du schwämmst2 du schwömmest2 du schwömmst2 |
ihr schwämmet2 ihr schwämmt2 ihr schwömmet2 ihr schwömmt2 | ||
| er schwamm er schwomm1 |
sie schwammen sie schwommen1 |
er schwämme2 er schwömme2 |
sie schwämmen2 sie schwömmen2 | ||
| imperative | schwimm (du) schwimme (du) |
schwimmt (ihr) | |||
1Chiefly informal.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
