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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Low German swirren in the 17th century, from Old Saxon *swirrian, from Proto-West Germanic *swirrijan, from Proto-Germanic *swirrijaną, *swerrōną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (to buzz, hum, whistle, sound, speak). Cognate with Dutch zwieren, West Frisian swiere, Danish svirre, Swedish svirra.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʃvɪʁən]
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Verb edit

schwirren (weak, third-person singular present schwirrt, past tense schwirrte, past participle geschwirrt, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (insect) to buzz
  2. (bird) to whirr
  3. (bowstring) to twang
  4. (arrow, bullet) to whiz
  5. to whirl around (in one's head)

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Further reading edit

  • schwirren” in Duden online
  • schwirren” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache