schwer
adj · /ʃveːɐ̯/ ·Etymology
From Middle High German swær, from Old High German swār, from Proto-West Germanic *swār, from Proto-Germanic *swēraz, from Proto-Indo-European *swer- (“heavy, grave, serious”).
Translation
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heavy, weighty
Und sie ging gebückt, als trage sie eine schwere Last, […]
And she walked bowed as if she carried a heavy load, […]
- big source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
- difficult source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
- pregnantly source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
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difficult, hard
eine schwere Aufgabe
a difficult task
schwer ist leicht was (colloquially)
A task quickly becomes difficult
- serious
- indigestible