sweef

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zweven, from Middle Dutch sweven, from Old Dutch sweben (“to freely move back and forth, float”), sweven, from Proto-Germanic *swibjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyp-, *sweyb- (“to twist, turn around”). Cognate with German schweben (“to float”).

Verb

sweef (present sweef, present participle swewende, past participle gesweef)

to float (in the air)
to hover

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