swimmen

== Low German == === Etymology === From Old Saxon swimman, from Proto-Germanic *swimmaną. === Verb === swimmen (past singular swumm, past participle swummen, auxiliary verb hebben or wesen) to swim ==== Conjugation ==== == Middle English == === Verb === swimmen alternative form of swymmen == Middle High German == === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German swimman, from Proto-West Germanic *swimman. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈs̠wimːən/ === Verb === swimmen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present swimmet, past tense swam, past participle geswummen, past subjunctive swümme, auxiliary hān) to swim ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== Bavarian: schwimma German: schwimmen Luxembourgish: schwammen Vilamovian: švymma, śwyma, śwymma Yiddish: שווימען (shvimen) === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “swimmen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel