shvitz

== English == === Alternative forms === schvitz, schwitz === Etymology === Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German swizzen (Modern German schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”). Doublet of sweat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃvɪts/ Rhymes: -ɪts === Noun === shvitz (countable and uncountable, plural shvitzes) Sweat. A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin. (by extension) A sauna or sauna session. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === shvitz (third-person singular simple present shvitzes, present participle shvitzing, simple past and past participle shvitzed) (intransitive, informal) To sweat.