🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Schweiß

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ʃvaɪ̯s

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Sweat/swɛt/
nounverbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1450 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Ihr lief der Schweiß von der Stirn."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Moisture exuded through the pores of the skin, typically as a result of physical activity, heat, fever, or fear.

    "He wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead after the intense workout."
As verb
  1. 1

    To exude sweat from the pores of the skin.

    "She began to sweat profusely as she ran up the steep hill."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Old English noun 'swǣt' and verb 'swǣtan', originating from Proto-Germanic '*swaitatiz'. It traces further back to the Proto-Indo-European root '*sweyd-', meaning 'to sweat', which is cognate with Latin 'sudor' and Greek 'hidros'.

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