The German word for to swim is
schwimmen
German Definition
| swim | |
| Verb: | |
| [1] sich auf oder in einer Flüssigkeit (aus eigener Kraft) fortbewegen; schwimmen | |
| [2] ins Wasser tauchen/gehen, um sich zu reinigen oder zu erfrischen; baden | |
| [3] auf einem Medium treiben; nicht untergehen; schweben | |
| [4] sich dem Schwimmen ähnlich fortbewegen; treiben, gleiten | |
| [1] Since I cannot swim yet, I am going to learn how to swim soon. | |
| Da ich bis jetzt noch nicht schwimmen kann, werde ich bald lernen, wie man schwimmt. | |
| [1] Now he is swimming for two hours non-stop! | |
| Er schwimmt jetzt schon zwei Stunden durch. | |
| [2] Swimming is fun! | |
| Schwimmen macht Spaß! | |
| [3] The detector swims on the water in such a manner that it is completely above the water level. | |
| Der Detektor schwimmt dergestalt auf dem Wasser, dass er komplett über der Wasseroberfläche ist. | |
| [4] He is just swimming with the stream, no ideas of his own att all. | |
| Er schwimmt nur mit dem Strom mit, keine einzige eigene Idee. | |
| Substantiv: | |
| [1] das Bad, das Schwimmen | |
| [1] I go for a swim regularly. | |
| Ich schwimme regelmäßig. |
Translations for swim and their definitions
| Schwimmen | ||
| n. (gerund of schwimmen); swim, the act of swimming | ||
| v. to swim (to use swimming motions to move in the water) (+aux, sein) | ||
| v. to swim (i, for pleasure, as a sport, etc.) +aux, sein, haben | ||
| v. to swim (a certain distance) (+aux, haben, sein) | ||
| v. to transport by floating (+aux, haben) | ||
| v. to float, to be floating (+aux, haben, sein, q2=more rarely) | ||
| v. to float (somewhere), to move (somewhere) by floating (+aux, sein) | ||
| v. to be doused or covered in liquid (+aux, haben) | ||
| v. to be swimming in (money, etc.) (+aux, haben) | ||
| v. to be moving in a blurry or indistinct fashion, to swim (in someone's vision) (+aux, sein) | ||
| v. to lose control (of a situation) (+aux, haben) | ||
| Schwimmen | ||
| n. (gerund of schwimmen); swim, the act of swimming | ||
| v. to swim (to use swimming motions to move in the water) (+aux, sein) | ||
| v. to swim (i, for pleasure, as a sport, etc.) +aux, sein, haben | ||
| v. to swim (a certain distance) (+aux, haben, sein) | ||
| v. to transport by floating (+aux, haben) | ||
| v. to float, to be floating (+aux, haben, sein, q2=more rarely) | ||
| v. to float (somewhere), to move (somewhere) by floating (+aux, sein) | ||
| v. to be doused or covered in liquid (+aux, haben) | ||
| v. to be swimming in (money, etc.) (+aux, haben) | ||
| v. to be moving in a blurry or indistinct fashion, to swim (in someone's vision) (+aux, sein) | ||
| v. to lose control (of a situation) (+aux, haben) | ||
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