schweppern

German

Alternative forms

  • schwäppern

Etymology

By surface analysis, schwappen +‎ -ern.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛpɐn/

Verb

schweppern (weak, third-person singular present schweppert, past tense schwepperte, past participle geschweppert, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (colloquial, rare, intransitive) to slosh (of liquids)
    Synonym: schwappen
  2. (regional, Eastern Central German, intransitive) to spill over the rim of a container (of liquids, typically accidentally)
    Synonym: überschwappen

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • verschweppern

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