schweißen
German
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Etymology 1
From Middle High German sweiʒen, sweizen (“to roast, to weld”), from Old High German sweizen (“to roast”), from Proto-Germanic *swaitijaną, causative of etymology 2.
Alternative forms
- schweissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, alternatively Luxembourg)
- schweizen, schweytzen (archaic, dialectal)
Verb
schweißen (weak, third-person singular present schweißt, past tense schweißte, past participle geschweißt, auxiliary haben)
- to weld
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Schweißbrenner
- Schweißer
- verschweißen
- zusammenschweißen
Descendants
- → Afrikaans: sweis
Etymology 2
From Middle High German sweizen (“to sweat, bleed”), from Old High German *sweizan, from Proto-Germanic *swaitaną. Cognate with Luxembourgish schweessen (“to sweat”), Dutch zweten (“to sweat”), English sweat.
Alternative forms
- schweissen (Switzerland, Liechtenstein, alternatively Luxembourg)
Verb
schweißen (weak, third-person singular present schweißt, past tense schweißte, past participle geschweißt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
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