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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