Declension of German noun Schwur with plural and article

The most important forms of "Schwur" are: genitive singular "Schwur(e)s" and nominative plural "Schwüre". “Schwur” is declined with the strong declension. The endings are es/ü-e. In the plural, an umlaut occurs. “Schwur” is masculine. The article is “der Schwur”. “Schwur” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level. Here you can not only inflect Schwur but also all German nouns. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · irregular · -s,¨-e

der Schwur

Schwur(e)s · Schwüre

Endings es/ü-e   Plural with umlaut  

English oath, pledge, vow

/ˈʃvuːɐ̯/ · /ˈʃvuːɐ̯s/ · /ˈʃvyːʁə/

verbindliche Festlegung auf etwas; Eid vor einer dazu berechtigten Institution

» Tom leistet einen Schwur . English Tom makes an oath.

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Declension of Schwur in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derSchwur
Gen. desSchwures/Schwurs
Dat. demSchwur/Schwure⁶
Acc. denSchwur

Plural

Nom. dieSchwüre
Gen. derSchwüre
Dat. denSchwüren
Acc. dieSchwüre

⁶ Only in exalted use

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Example sentences for Schwur

  • Tom leistet einen Schwur . 
    English Tom makes an oath.
  • Ein ehrliches Wort braucht keinen Schwur . 
    English An honest word needs no oath.
  • Sie mussten einen Schwur auf die Verfassung ablegen. 
    English They had to take an oath on the constitution.
  • Als der Vater die Braut fragte, ob sie den Schwur wiederholen könne, blieb sie still. 
    English When the Father asked the bride to repeat the oath, she stayed silent.
  • Ein Schwur unter Liebenden bedeutet nach meiner Erfahrung am wenigsten. 
    English A vow among lovers means, in my experience, the least.
  • Maria machte Tom die Schwüre der unverbrüchlichen Freundschaft, die er Johannes viele Male geleistet hatte, schnell vergessen. 
    English Maria quickly made Tom forget the oaths of unbreakable friendship that he had made to Johannes many times.
  • Dem Entschluss, alten Familienschmuck zu verpfänden, stimmte die Ehefrau nur nach seinem Schwur zu, zumindest die Ringe wieder auszulösen. 
    English The wife only agreed to pawn the old family jewelry after his oath to at least redeem the rings.
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Translation of German Schwur

German Schwur
English oath, pledge, vow
Russian клятва, кля́тва, обет, прися́га, присяга
Spanish juramento, promesa
French serment, jurament, jurement, juré
Turkish yemin
Portuguese juramento, promessa, voto
Italian giuramento, promessa
Romanian jurământ, promisiune
Hungarian eskü
Polish przysięga, zobowiązanie
Greek όρκος
Dutch eed, belofte, gelofte, verzekering
Czech přísaha, slib
Swedish ed, löfte
Danish ed
Japanese 誓い, 約束
Catalan jurament
Finnish vakuutus, vala, valaus
Norwegian ed
Basque atzap, zinpe
Serbian zakletva, obećanje
Macedonian заклетва
Slovenian prisega, zaobljuba
Slowakisch prísaha, sľub
Bosnian zakletva, obećanje
Croatian zakletva, obećanje
Ukrainian клятва, обіцянка
Bulgarian клятва, обещание
Belorussian клятва, абяцанне
Indonesian sumpah, janji
Vietnamese lời thề, lời cam kết
Uzbek kasam, qasam, va'da
Hindi शपथ, कसम
Chinese 宣誓, 誓约, 誓言
Thai คำมั่น, คำสัตย์ปฏิญาณ, สาบาน
Korean 맹세, 서약, 선서
Azerbaijani yemin, söz
Georgian ფიცი
Bengali শপথ, কসম
Albanian betim, premtim
Marathi शपथ, प्रतिज्ञा
Nepali शपथ, प्रतिज्ञा
Telugu ప్రతిజ్ఞా, శపథం
Latvian zvērests, solījums
Tamil சத்தியம், வாக்குறுதி
Estonian lubadus, vand, vannutus
Armenian խոստում, հանձնառություն
Kurdish qasem
Hebrewשבועה
Arabicقسم، تعهد، يمين
Persianقسم
Urduعہد، قسم

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Meanings and synonyms of Schwur
  • verbindliche Festlegung auf etwas
  • Eid vor einer dazu berechtigten Institution
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Frequently asked questions about the noun "Schwur"

The noun “Schwur” is declined in all four cases (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative). The declension includes the singular and plural forms and shows how the word changes depending on the case. All declension forms of “Schwur” are explained below. The most important forms are given for the nominative, genitive, dative, and accusative, each in the singular and plural.

How is "Schwur" declined?

“Schwur” is masculine. The article is “der Schwur”.

Is “Schwur” masculine, feminine, or neuter?

“Schwur” is masculine. The article is “der Schwur”.

What is the singular of "Schwur"?

The singular of “Schwur” is: der Schwur. The singular forms are: der Schwur (nominative), des Schwur(e)s (genitive), dem Schwur(e) (dative) and den Schwur (accusative).

What is the plural of “Schwur”?

The singular of “Schwur” is: die Schwüre. The singular forms are: die Schwüre (nominative), der Schwüre (genitive), den Schwüren (dative) and die Schwüre (accusative).

At what language level is “Schwur” used?

“Schwur” belongs to the vocabulary at C2 level.

What are the peculiarities of the declension of “Schwur”?

In the plural, an umlaut occurs.

The declension of Schwur as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Schwur is crucial.

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