schwanken

== German == === Etymology === From late Middle High German swanken, ultimately from the root of schwingen (“to swing”). See also Schwang. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvaŋkn̩/ Hyphenation: schwan‧ken Rhymes: -aŋkn̩ === Verb === schwanken (weak, third-person singular present schwankt, past tense schwankte, past participle geschwankt, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive) to fluctuate; to vary; to waver [auxiliary haben] (intransitive) to shake; to rock; to sway [auxiliary haben] (intransitive) to stagger [auxiliary sein] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “schwanken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schwanken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schwanken” in Duden online “schwanken” in OpenThesaurus.de