adjective
heavy
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Schwer is an adjective meaning 'heavy' (physical weight) and 'difficult' or 'hard' (task, situation). It is gradable: comparative schwerer, superlative am schwersten. Antonym: leicht. It’s regular in comparison, not a participle, and used attributively and predicatively without special prepositions, commonly.
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Der Koffer war schwer, weil er mit Büchern gefüllt wurde.
The suitcase was heavy because it was filled with books.
Der Koffer ist schwer.
The suitcase is heavy.
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Imagine a weight labeled 'schwer' dragging someone down
rhymes with English 'swerve' — heavy load 'won't swerve'
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Can also mean 'difficult' (Das ist schwer).