schwingen
See also: Schwingen
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German swingen, from Old High German swingan, from Proto-Germanic *swinganą. Cognate with Low German swingen, English swing. Doublet of swingen.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editschwingen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present schwingt, past tense schwang, past participle geschwungen, past subjunctive schwänge, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to swing (to move back and forth) [auxiliary haben]
- Sie schwingt auf einer Schaukel.
- She is swinging on a swing.
- (intransitive) to move (somewhere) by swinging [auxiliary sein]
- (transitive or reflexive) to swing (to move something using a swinging motion) [auxiliary haben]
- (transitive) to wave; to brandish [auxiliary haben]
- (intransitive, physics) to vibrate [auxiliary haben]
- (intransitive, physics) to oscillate [auxiliary haben]
- 2010, Der Spiegel[1], number 5/2010, page 106:
- Das grundlegende Problem aller optischen Mikroskope ist das Licht: Es schwingt, je nach Farbe, mit einer Wellenlänge von einigen hundert Nanometern.
- The fundamental problem of all optical microscopes is the light: it oscillates, depending on the color, with a wavelength of a few hundred nanometers.
- (intransitive, formal) to resound [auxiliary haben]
- (intransitive, formal) to propagate (somewhere) as sound, to move throughout (an area) resounding [auxiliary sein]
- der Klang der Glocken schwang durch die Stadt ― the sound of the bells resounded throughout the city
- (intransitive) to be expressed (in someone's words) [auxiliary haben]
- (skiing) to ski back and forth [auxiliary sein]
- (reflexive, formal) to arc [auxiliary haben]
- (regional) to clean (hemp or flax) of wood residues [auxiliary haben]
- (Switzerland, sports) to wrestle in the Schwingen (Swiss wrestling) style [auxiliary haben]
Conjugation
editinfinitive | schwingen | ||||
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present participle | schwingend | ||||
past participle | geschwungen | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schwinge | wir schwingen | i | ich schwinge | wir schwingen |
du schwingst | ihr schwingt | du schwingest | ihr schwinget | ||
er schwingt | sie schwingen | er schwinge | sie schwingen | ||
preterite | ich schwang | wir schwangen | ii | ich schwänge1 | wir schwängen1 |
du schwangst | ihr schwangt | du schwängest1 du schwängst1 |
ihr schwänget1 ihr schwängt1 | ||
er schwang | sie schwangen | er schwänge1 | sie schwängen1 | ||
imperative | schwing (du) schwinge (du) |
schwingt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
edit- aufschwingen
- ausschwingen
- beschwingen
- durchschwingen
- einschwingen
- emporschwingen
- entlangschwingen
- erschwingen
- herüberschwingen
- herumschwingen
- herumschwingen
- hin- und herschwingen
- hinaufschwingen
- hinunterschwingen
- hochschwingen
- losschwingen
- mitschwingen
- nachschwingen
- raufschwingen
- rüberschwingen
- rumschwingen
- runterschwingen
- Schwinge
- Schwinge
- Schwingen
- Schwinger
- Schwingung
- Schwung
- weiterschwingen
- zurückschwingen
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