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Etymology edit

From Middle High German swengern, from Old High German swangaren, from swangar (pregnant), from Proto-West Germanic *swangr (heavy). Cognate with Yiddish שווענגערן (shvengern).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛŋərn/, [ˈʃʋɛŋɐn]
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  • Hyphenation: schwän‧gern

Verb edit

schwängern (weak, third-person singular present schwängert, past tense schwängerte, past participle geschwängert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to impregnate (to cause to become pregnant)
    Synonyms: (biological) befruchten; (more informal) schwanger machen; (colloquial, vulgar) einen Braten in die Röhre schieben

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