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That which is invoked during the oath is given with the prepositions bei(“by”) or auf(“on”). The latter is chiefly used with something one holds or touches while swearing, e.g. auf die Bibel(“on the Bible”). Otherwise bei is more common and it is generally only appropriate with people or living beings, e.g. bei Gott(“by God, to God”).
The subject or topic of the oath is given with the preposition auf, e.g. ich würde nicht darauf schwören(“I wouldn’t swear on it”). Only this preposition is also used in the idiom “to swear by”. Hence, the German idiom may mean that one vouches for the quality or effectiveness of something, rather than that one cherishes it so much as to invoke it in one’s oaths.
Conjugation
Conjugation of schwören (class 6 strong, auxiliary haben)