schwimmen
Pronunciation: /ˈʃvɪmən/
“schwimmen” is a German word. Its 10 meanings in English:
verb
- to swim (to use swimming motions to move in the water)
- to swim (for pleasure, as a sport, etc.)
- to swim (a certain distance)
- to transport by floating
- to float, to be floating
- to float (somewhere), to move (somewhere) by floating
- to be doused or covered in liquid
- to be swimming in (money, etc.)
- to be moving in a blurry or indistinct fashion, to swim (in someone's vision)
- to lose control (of a situation)
Etymology
From Middle High German swimmen, from Old High German swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną. Compare Low German swimmen, Dutch zwemmen, English swim, Danish svømme.
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