Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shvitz

/ʃvɪts/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: shvitz
IPA: /ʃvɪts/

21

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A traditional Jewish steambath of Eastern European origin.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A sauna or sauna session.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

Informal; Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"It was not, or not only, the heat and ripeness of the shvitz that were making Litvak’s pulse thrum and his head spin."
"“Hey, hey, Jimmy Brogan. Thanks for meeting me.” “Welcome to the schvitz, kid. The most comfortable place on Earth. It's like crawling back into your mother.” “Is that something people wanna do?”"
"Soon, the '80s and '90s guy was finding drums to pound and sweat lodges in which to shvitz out rivulets of shame."

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish שוויצן (shvitsn), from Old High German swizzen (Modern German schwitzen), from Proto-Germanic *swait- (English sweat), from Proto-Indo-European *swoyd- (“to sweat”). Doublet of sweat.

Origin

Source language: Yiddish

Word Breakdown

Root: שוויצן, swizzen, *swait-, *swoyd-

Usage

Inflected Forms

shvitzes (plural) schvitz (alternative) schwitz (alternative) shvitzes (present, singular) shvitzing (participle, present) shvitzed (participle, past) shvitzed (past)

Derived Forms

shvitzer

Rhymes With

it's its gets hits fits bits sits tits admits permits kits pits

Questions

How do you pronounce shvitz?: The recorded pronunciation is /ʃvɪts/.
What does shvitz mean?: Sweat.
Where does shvitz come from?: It is traced to Yiddish.

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