zweren

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈzʋeːrə(n)/ Hyphenation: zwe‧ren Rhymes: -eːrən === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch swēren, from Old Dutch *swerien, sweren, from Proto-West Germanic *swarjan, from Proto-Germanic *swarjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *swer-. ==== Verb ==== zweren (transitive) to swear, pledge, declare under oath (intransitive) to make/take an oath (intransitive) to swear, to curse, notably blasphemously ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: sweer Negerhollands: sweer === Etymology 2 === From Middle Dutch swēren, from Old Dutch *sweran, from Proto-Germanic *sweraną. ==== Verb ==== zweren (intransitive, obsolete) to hurt, be sore (intransitive) to (infect and) produce pus, boils etc. ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: sweer === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== zweren plural of zweer