schwar

See also: schwär

English

Etymology

From schwa +‎ r.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: shwär, IPA(key): /ʃwɑɹ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)

Noun

schwar (plural schwars)

  1. (phonetics) A rhotacized schwa.
  2. (linguistics, typography) The letter ɚ, used in the International Phonetic Alphabet used to represent a rhoticized schwa.

See also

East Central German

Alternative forms

  • schwaar

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”).

Adjective

schwar

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) heavy, weighty
  2. (Erzgebirgisch) difficult, hard

References

  • 1993 Hans Becher: "Das Lied vom Vugelbeerbaam und sein Dichter der Forstmeister August Max Schreyer." P. 7

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 115:
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