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der Schwung

/ʃvʊŋ/ noun · masculine B2
  1. a swinging motion, sweep · Mit einem Schwung warf er alle Akten vom Tisch. In one sweep he threw all the files off the desk.
  2. a quantity so swept, (hence colloquial) any large amount · Sie knallte mir einen Schwung Akten auf den Tisch. She banged a pile of files onto my desk.
  3. momentum, speed, force (intensity of a specific movement) · Du musst mit mehr Schwung über die Rampe fahren, wenn du weiter springen willst. You need to go over the ramp with more speed if you want to jump further.· Er soll die flaue Wirtschaft wieder in Schwung bringen. His job is to stir the sagging economy.
  4. pep, vim, verve, dash, panache · Die Show wirkt altbacken, sie braucht wieder mehr Schwung. The show feels stodgy, it needs to get some pep back.

Genitive des Schwungs · Plural die Schwünge

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Noun forms

SingularPlural
Nominativeder Schwungdie Schwünge
Accusativeden Schwungdie Schwünge
Dativedem Schwung / Schwungeden Schwüngen
Genitivedes Schwungs / Schwungesder Schwünge

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