schwerwiegend
German, adjective/ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t/
schwerwiegend is spelled S-C-H-W-E-R-W-I-E-G-E-N-D (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 41,097th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwerwiegend is a German adjective meaning “grave, severe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit weitreichenden, meist negativen Auswirkungen”.
What does schwerwiegend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
grave, severe
ein schwerwiegender Fehler
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. mit weitreichenden, meist negativen Auswirkungen
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 schwerwiegend
- schwerwiegender masculine nominative singular
- am schwerwiegendsten superlative
- schwerwiegende feminine nominative singular
- schwerwiegendes neuter nominative singular
- schwerwiegenden genitive masculine singular
- schwerwiegendem dative masculine singular
- der schwerwiegende definite includes-article masculine
- die schwerwiegende definite feminine includes-article
- das schwerwiegende definite includes-article neuter
- die schwerwiegenden definite includes-article nominative
- des schwerwiegenden definite genitive includes-article
- der schwerwiegenden definite feminine genitive
- dem schwerwiegenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwerwiegend?
- /ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t/
- [ˈʃveːɐ̯ˌviːɡn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwerwiegend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwerwiegend in German?
schwerwiegend appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).