schwevve

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• schwäve (parts of northern and eastern Ripuarian)
• schwäwe, schweawe, schwewe (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German swebēn, from Proto-Germanic *swibāną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʋɛvə/

Verb

schwevve (third-person singular present schwäv, past participle jeschwäv)

1. (most of Ripuarian) to hover, soar, float, drift
   • 1907, “Am Dude Jüdd”, performed by Willi Ostermann:

     Su zo schwevve es e Levve für die Stollwercks-Hautevolee.
     Keinen Danz weed üvverschlage, nur jeschweiß un nix em Mage.

     To float like that means a life to the Stollwerck high society.
     No dance will be omitted, just sweating and no food in their stomachs.