zwaar
Dutch (Brabantic)
/zʋaːr/
adj
Definitions
- heavy, hefty
- strong physically
- (of intoxicants) strong, potent
- big, sizeable
- difficult, hard
- arduous, gruelling
- important, significant
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch swâer inherited from Old Dutch *swār inherited from *swār inherited from Proto-Germanic *swēraz (heavy).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*swēraz
Gloss
heavy
Concept
Semantic Field
Sense perception
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
重
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gewicht Dutch, Flemish
- lijf Dutch, Flemish
- moed Dutch, Flemish
- touw Dutch, Flemish
- wicht Dutch, Flemish
- zwaargewicht Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarlijvig Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarmoedig Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarte Dutch, Flemish
- zwaartekracht Dutch, Flemish
- zwaartepunt Dutch, Flemish
- zwaartouw Dutch, Flemish
- zwaarwichtig Dutch, Flemish
- швартов Russian
- *swer- Proto-Indo-European
- *swēraz Proto-Germanic
- swær Old English
- swǣr Old English
- svárr Old Norse
- swaer Middle Dutch
- swâer Middle Dutch
- swâermoedich Middle Dutch
- swâerte Middle Dutch
- swar Old High German
- swār Old High German
- swaar Afrikaans
- 𐌿𐌽𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- 𐍃𐍅𐌴𐍂𐍃 Gothic
- *swār gmw-pro
- *swār Old Dutch
- swier Western Frisian
- zwaer Zealandic