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Etymology

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From Middle High German sweiz, from Old High German sweiz, from Proto-Germanic *swait-, *swaitaz, from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (to sweat), *sweyd-. Cognate with German Low German Sweet, Dutch zweet, English sweat, West Frisian swit, Danish sved, and Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn); see sweat for more.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃvaɪ̯s/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯s

Noun

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Schweiß m (strong, genitive Schweißes, plural Schweiße)

  1. sweat
  2. (hunting) blood of the game

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