schwitzen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German switzen, from Old High German swizzen, from Proto-West Germanic *swittjan, from Proto-Germanic *switjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swidyéti (“to sweat”). Cognates (without gemination): Dutch zweten, Danish svede, English sweat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪtsən/, [ˈʃʋɪtsən], [ˈʃʋɪtsn̩] === Verb === schwitzen (weak, third-person singular present schwitzt, past tense schwitzte, past participle geschwitzt, auxiliary haben) (transitive or intransitive) to sweat; to perspire (of living beings) Synonym: (lofty) transpirieren (intransitive) to give off water (of things) (intransitive, figuratively) to think hard; to work hard [with über (+ dative) ‘on a mental task’] Synonym: brüten (intransitive, figuratively) to be in fear; to worry ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schweiß === Further reading === “schwitzen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schwitzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “schwitzen” in Duden online “schwitzen” in OpenThesaurus.de