schwer

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German

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Etymology

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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).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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schwer (strong nominative masculine singular schwerer, comparative schwerer, superlative am schwersten)

  1. heavy, weighty
    Antonym: leicht
    • 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
      Und sie ging gebückt, als trage sie eine schwere Last, […]
      And she walked bowed as if she carried a heavy load, […]
  2. difficult, hard
    Synonyms: diffizil, schwierig
    Antonyms: einfach, leicht
    eine schwere Aufgabea difficult task
  3. serious
  4. (of food) indigestible

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • schwer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schwer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schwer” in Duden online