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Suevi

Suevi is the alternative form of Suebi.

Meaning of Suebi

Noun

Suebi pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A group of Germanic tribes living mostly near Elbe in what is now central Germany around the first century BCE.

Origin of Suevi

From Latin Suēvī, from Proto-Germanic *swēbaz.

Words formed from Suevi

Questions about Suevi

What is Suevi the alternative form of?
Suevi is the alternative form of Suebi.

Words near Suevi in the dictionary

  1. suets
  2. suett
  3. suetty
  4. suety
  5. Suever
  6. Suevi
  7. Suevian
  8. Suevian knot
  9. Suevian knots
  10. Suevians
  11. Suevic

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Suevi (page history and authors); Suebi (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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