A2Vocabulary

Schwamm

In German

Schwamm

shvam
🇬🇧 English
🇪🇸 Español
🇮🇹 Italiano

Don't Get Confused!

Looks like
Swam
In English means: "Past tense of 'swim'"
Actually means
Schwamm
Sponge; mushroom (colloquial)
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Memory Tip
A German 'Schwamm' is a 'sponge' for cleaning, not something that 'swam'. It absorbs water, it doesn't move through it!

Example Sentences

1

Ich putze das Bad mit einem Schwamm.

I clean the bathroom with a sponge.

2

Dieser Schwamm ist sehr saugfähig.

This sponge is very absorbent.

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