schwelen

== German == === Etymology === 18th century, from Low German swelen, from Middle Low German swēlen, from Old Saxon *swelan, from Proto-West Germanic *swelan, from Proto-Germanic *swelaną (“to smoulder, burn slowly”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to shine, warm, burn”). Cognate with Dutch zwelen, Old English swelan. Also related to German schwül (“sultry”), Old Norse svalr (“cold”), whence Danish sval. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃveːlən/, [ˈʃʋeːlən], [-l̩n] Hyphenation: schwe‧len === Verb === schwelen (weak, third-person singular present schwelt, past tense schwelte, past participle geschwelt, auxiliary haben) to smoulder Synonym: glimmen to fester, to simmer Synonym: brodeln ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Schwelen Schwelung verschwelen === References === === Further reading === “schwelen” in Duden online “schwelen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)