schwer

== English == === Etymology === From schwa +‎ -er. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃwə(ɹ)/, /ʃwɜː(ɹ)/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) === Noun === schwer (plural schwers) (phonetics, rare) Alternative spelling of schwar. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German swær, from Old High German swār, from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy, grave, serious”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃveːɐ̯/ Rhymes: -eːɐ̯ === Adjective === schwer (strong nominative masculine singular schwerer, comparative schwerer, superlative am schwersten) heavy, weighty Antonym: leicht 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18: difficult, hard Synonyms: diffizil, schwierig Antonyms: einfach, leicht eine schwere Aufgabe ― a difficult task schwer ist leicht was (colloquially) - A task quickly becomes difficult serious (of food) indigestible ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== schwergängig, schwerhörig beschweren, erschweren ==== Related terms ==== folgenschwer gedankenschwer === Further reading === “schwer”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schwer” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schwer” in Duden online