schwellen

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvɛlən/, [ˈʃʋɛl̩n] Homophone: Schwellen === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German swëllen, from Old High German swellan, from Proto-Germanic *swellaną. Compare Low German swellen, Dutch zwellen, English swell, Swedish svälla. ==== Verb ==== schwellen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present schwillt, past tense schwoll, past participle geschwollen, past subjunctive schwölle, auxiliary sein) (intransitive) to swell up; to bulge ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle High German swëllen, from Old High German *swellen (only attested in biswellen), from Proto-Germanic *swallijaną, causative verb of *swellaną. ==== Verb ==== schwellen (weak, third-person singular present schwellt, past tense schwellte, past participle geschwellt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to swell something ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== anschwellen aufschwellen === Further reading === “schwellen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schwellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schwellen” in Duden online “schwellen” in OpenThesaurus.de