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schwanger

adj · /ˈʃvaŋər/ ·
Etymology

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”), and Yiddish שוואַנגער (shvanger, “pregnant”); compare also Lithuanian sunkùs (“heavy; difficult”).

Translation

  1. pregnant (of humans) not-comparable

    Sie ist schwanger von ihrem Mann Peter mit ihrem dritten Kind.

    She is pregnant from her husband Peter with her third child.

    Ich bin im vierten Monat schwanger.

    I am four months pregnant.

    Einige der Inhaltsstoffe sind schädlich, besonders wenn du schwanger bist.

    Some of the ingredients are harmful, especially if you are pregnant.

  2. childbearing source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. distended source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. pregnant; preggers ; childbearing source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  5. pregnant, gravid (of animals) colloquial, not-comparable
  6. full of, laden with not-comparable, poetic