schwelgen

From Middle High German swëlgen, from Old High German swelgan, from Proto-Germanic *swelganą (“to gulp (down); swallow; devour”). Cognate with Old English swelgan (English swallow).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃvɛlɡn̩/

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• Hyphenation: schwel‧gen

schwelgen (weak, third-person singular present schwelgt, past tense schwelgte, past participle geschwelgt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive, dated) to eat or drink greedily
2. (intransitive) to revel in, indulge in

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• schlemmen

• Schwelgen
• Schwelger
• Schwelgerei
• schwelgerisch

• “schwelgen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schwelgen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “schwelgen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schwelgen” in Duden online