Schwumm

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Alemannic German[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Noun[edit]

Schwumm m (plural Schwümm, diminutive Schwümmli)

  1. an act of swimming
    • 2020 October 7, Pedro Lenz, Primitivo: Roman[1], Cosmos Verlag, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      När hei mer e chliine Schwumm gno vor Chile z Wynou bis abe zum Pontonierhuus. Es isch nid heiku, wöu di gfährlechi Stöu isch witer obe, im Woufeler-Chehr, dört, wo d Inseli si, dört mues men ufpasse wäg de Wirble.
      Afterwards, we have taken a little swim from the church in Wynau all the way down to the pontooners' house. It isn't precarious because the dangerous spot is further upstream in Woufeler-Chehr, there where the islets are, there one has to watch out because of the swirls.
  2. swimming style
    Hyponyms: Ruggeschwumm, Siiteschwumm, Hundeschwumm
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

Schwumm m (plural Schwümm, diminutive Schwümmli)

  1. Alternative form of Schwamm: sponge
    • 1966, Georg Thürer, Rund umme Blattetisch: 7 Geschichte us em Glarnerland (Stab-Bücher)‎[2], F. Reinhardt, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 87:
      [] Vase mit de Tulipane hane. Si isch umghyt, aber nüt verhyt. Der Walter isch gu der Schwumm hole und hät d Bützi am Bode uuftünggt. Der Lehrer Sami aber hät d Tulipane uufgläse.
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  2. (regional) mushroom
    Synonym: Pilz
    • 2021 July 21, Rosmarie Stucki, Es Hämpfeli für ds Gmüet: Es farbigs Hämpfeli Gschichte us em Alltag / BÄRNDÜTSCHI GSCHICHTE[3], XinXii, →ISBN:
      «Weisch», so chüschelet ds Zwärgli, «gueti Schwümm muess me abschnyde oder usdräie. Schrysst me se eifach us, verletzt me ds Wurzelgflächt. Drum git's o je lenger descht weniger Pilz, wo ässbar sy. [] »
      «You know», so whispers the little dwarf, «good mushrooms one has to cut off or twist out. If one just rips them out, one injures the root network. That's why there's fewer edible mushrooms the more time goes on. [] »