schwieren

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German sweren, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną. Cognate with German schwören, English swear, Dutch zweren.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃwiə̯ʀən/

Verb

schwieren (third-person singular present schwiert, past participle geschwuer, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to swear
    • Luxembourgish translation of Matthew 5:34:
      Ech awer soen iech: Schwiert iwwerhaapt net - weder beim Himmel, well dat ass dem Herrgott säin Troun
      But I say to you: Do not swear at all - neither by Heaven, for that is the throne of God

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive schwieren
participle geschwuer
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular schwieren —
2nd singular schwiers schwier
3rd singular schwiert —
1st plural schwieren —
2nd plural schwiert schwiert
3rd plural schwieren —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

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