schwanger

See also: schwänger

German

Etymology

From Middle High German swanger, from Old High German swangar, from Proto-West Germanic *swangr (“heavy”), further origin unknown.[1] Cognate with Old English swangor, Dutch zwanger (“pregnant”), and Yiddish שוואַנגער (shvanger, “pregnant”); compare also Lithuanian sunkùs (“heavy; difficult”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaŋər/, [ˈʃʋäŋɐ]
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

schwanger (strong nominative masculine singular schwangerer, not comparable)

  1. pregnant (of humans) [with mit (+ dative) ‘with a child’ and von (+ dative) ‘from the father’]
    Synonyms: in anderen Umständen, in Hoffnung, guter Hoffnung
    Sie ist schwanger von ihrem Mann Peter mit ihrem dritten Kind.
    She is pregnant from her husband Peter with her third child.
  2. (chiefly colloquial, sometimes frowned upon) pregnant, gravid (of animals)
    Synonym: trächtig
  3. (poetic) full of, laden with

Declension

Positive forms of schwanger (uncomparable)
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist schwanger sie ist schwanger es ist schwanger sie sind schwanger
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative schwangerer schwangere schwangeres schwangere
genitive schwangeren schwangerer schwangeren schwangerer
dative schwangerem schwangerer schwangerem schwangeren
accusative schwangeren schwangere schwangeres schwangere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der schwangere die schwangere das schwangere die schwangeren
genitive des schwangeren der schwangeren des schwangeren der schwangeren
dative dem schwangeren der schwangeren dem schwangeren den schwangeren
accusative den schwangeren die schwangere das schwangere die schwangeren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein schwangerer eine schwangere ein schwangeres (keine) schwangeren
genitive eines schwangeren einer schwangeren eines schwangeren (keiner) schwangeren
dative einem schwangeren einer schwangeren einem schwangeren (keinen) schwangeren
accusative einen schwangeren eine schwangere ein schwangeres (keine) schwangeren

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schwanger”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “schwanger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “schwanger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “schwanger” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German swanger, from Old High German swangar, from Proto-West Germanic *swangr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaŋa/
  • Rhymes: -aŋa
  • Syllabification: schwan‧ger

Adjective

schwanger (not comparable)

  1. pregnant
    En schwangre Fraa
    A pregnant woman.

Declension

Declension of schwanger (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
weak inflection nominative schwanger schwanger schwanger schwangre
accusative schwangre schwanger schwanger schwangre
dative schwangre schwangre schwangre schwangre
strong inflection nominative schwangrer schwangre schwangres schwangre
accusative schwangre schwangre schwangres schwangre
dative schwangrem schwangrer schwangrem schwangre

References

  • Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “schwanger”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 147, column 2
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