schwitzen
German, verb
schwitzen is spelled S-C-H-W-I-T-Z-E-N (9 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwitzen is a German verb meaning “to sweat; to perspire (of living beings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schwitzen is a different word: “gerund of schwitzen; sweating”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “zur Kühlung des Körpers Schweiß absondern”.
What does schwitzen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sweat; to perspire (of living beings)
- 2
to give off water (of things)
- 3
to think hard; to work hard
- 4
to be in fear; to worry
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schwitzen; sweating
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zur Kühlung des Körpers Schweiß absondern 2. arbeiten
noun: 1. Absonderung von Schweiß
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 schwitzen
- schwitzt present singular third-person
- schwitzte past
- geschwitzt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schwitzend participle present
- schwitze first-person indicative present
- schwitzest second-person singular subjunctive
- schwitzet plural second-person subjunctive
- schwitzten first-person indicative plural
- schwitztest indicative preterite second-person
- schwitztet indicative plural preterite
- schwitz imperative second-person singular
- habe geschwitzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschwitzt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schwitz! imperative singular
- schwitze! imperative singular
- schwitzt! imperative plural
- geschwitzt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schwitzen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schwitzen in German?
schwitzen appears 5.9 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).