schwer
/ʃwɜː(ɹ)/
schwer is the alternative form of schwar.
Meaning of schwar
Noun
schwar (plural schwars)
- A rhotacized schwa.
- The letter ɚ (and sometimes ɝ), used in the International Phonetic Alphabet used to represent a rhoticized schwa.
Proper noun capitalized: Schwer
Schwer (plural Schwers)
- A surname from German.
Forms of schwer
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | schwers |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Schwers |
Origin of schwer
From schwa + -er. Alteration of vowel in the word schwa to more closely approximate the sound described.
Borrowed from German Schwer.
Words that rhyme with schwer
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- per
- purr
- birr
- bur
- cellular
- concur
- defer
- entrepreneur
- incur
- infer
- occur
- prefer
- were
- whirr
- aver
- brr
- cur
- deter
- diaperfur
- err
- fir
- myrrh
- aberr
- astir
- bestir
- chauffeur
- chur
- churr
- curmur
- deburr
- farceur
- flurr
- force majeure
- froideur
- grr
- her
- hurr
- inter
- knur
- masseur
- profer
- shirr
- voyeur
- xir
- agripreneur
- artpreneur
- auteur
- Big Sur
Questions about schwer
- What does schwer mean?
- Schwer means a surname from German.
- What is schwer the alternative form of?
- Schwer is the alternative form of schwar.
- What part of speech is schwer?
- Schwer is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce schwer?
- Schwer is pronounced /ʃwɜː(ɹ)/.
Words near schwer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: schwer (page history and authors); Schwer (page history and authors); schwar (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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