Schwur
German, noun/ʃvuːr/
Schwur is a German masculine noun meaning “oath” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “verbindliche Festlegung auf etwas”.
What does Schwur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineoath
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. verbindliche Festlegung auf etwas 2. Eid vor einer dazu berechtigten Institution
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schwur
- Schwures genitive
- Schwurs genitive
- Schwüre plural
- Schwure dative singular
- Schwüren dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwur?
- /ʃvuːr/
- [ʃʋu(ː)ɐ̯]
- [ʃvuːɐ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schwur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schwur in German?
Schwur appears 1.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).