schwanger

From Middle High German swanger, from Old High German swangar, from Proto-West Germanic *swangr (“heavy”), further origin unknown. Cognate with Old English swangor, Dutch zwanger (“pregnant”), Lithuanian sunkùs (“heavy; difficult”) and Yiddish שוואַנגער‎ (shvanger, “pregnant”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvaŋər/, [ˈʃʋäŋɐ]

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schwanger (strong nominative masculine singular schwangerer, not comparable)

1. pregnant (of humans)

   Synonyms: in anderen Umständen, in Hoffnung, guter Hoffnung

2. (chiefly colloquial, sometimes frowned upon) pregnant, gravid (of animals)

   Synonym: trächtig

3. (poetic) full of, laden with

• The father is named with the preposition von: Sie ist schwanger von ihrem Mann Peter.
• The child is named with the preposition mit: Sie ist schwanger mit ihrem dritten Kind.

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• bedeutungsschwanger
• schwängern
• Schwangerschaft

• “schwanger” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schwanger” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schwanger” in Duden online

From Middle High German swanger, from Old High German swangar. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Yiddish שווענגערן‎ (shvengern).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvaŋɐ/

schwanger

1. pregnant

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