schwimmen

n; -s, kein Pl.

1. swimming; zum Schwimmen gehen go swimming

2. umg., fig.: ins Schwimmen kommen Schauspieler etc.: start floundering; Prüfling: come unstuck; Auto: go into a skid

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das Schwimmen

swimming

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Schwịm|men

nt -s, no pl

swimming

zum Schwimmen gehen — to go swimming

ins Schwimmen geraten or kommen (fig) — to begin to flounder

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1) (floating: We've got the boat afloat at last.) afloat

2) (to move through water using arms and legs or fins, tails etc: The children aren't allowed to go sailing until they've learnt to swim; I'm going / I've been swimming; She swam to the shore; They watched the fish swimming about in the aquarium.) swim

3) (to cross (a river etc), compete in (a race), cover (a distance etc) by swimming: He swam three lengths of the swimming-pool; She can't swim a stroke (= at all).) swim

4) (to seem to be moving round and round, as a result of dizziness etc: His head was swimming; Everything began to swim before his eyes.) swim

5) (an act of swimming: We went for a swim in the lake.) swim

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Schwim·men

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[ˈʃvɪmən]

nt kein pl swimming no art

▶ ins \Schwimmen geraten [o kommen] to get out of one's depth fig

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das; Schwimmen: swimming no art

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schwimmen; schwimmt, schwamm, ist oder hat geschwommen

A. v/i

1. (meist ist) swim;

schwimmen gehen go swimming, go for a swim;

schwimmen lernen learn to swim;

sie schwimmt im Endlauf she is swimming in the final;

auf dem Rücken schwimmen (do) backstroke;

über den Kanal schwimmen swim (across) the Channel;

Enten schwimmen auf dem Teich ducks are swimming on the pond;

eine Fliege schwimmt in meiner Suppe there’s a fly (floating) in my soup;

alles schwamm vor seinen Augen fig everything started swimming in front of his eyes

2. (hat/südd, österr, schweiz ist) (nicht untergehen) float (auch Holz, Leiche etc); Schiff: be afloat;

Papierschiffe schwimmen lassen sail paper boats;

er schwimmt oben umg, fig he’s got everything going for him

3. (ist) fig:

in seinem Blut schwimmen be lying in a pool of blood;

im Geld schwimmen be rolling in money;

im Erfolg/Glück schwimmen wallow in success/good fortune

4. (hat) (sehr nass sein) be awash (oder flooded);

ihre Augen schwammen (in Tränen) her eyes were filled with tears

5. (hat) umg (unsicher sein) be all at sea (oder floundering)

B. v/t (ist oder hat) swim (auch eine Strecke, einen Rekord);

Weltrekord schwimmen swim a world record time, make a world record in swimming; → Strom 1

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das; Schwimmen: swimming no art

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n.

swimming n.