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==English==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|schvitz|schwitz}}

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|en|yi|שוויצן}}, from {{der|en|goh|swizzen}} (Modern German {{m|de|schwitzen}}), from {{der|en|gem-pro|*swait-}} ({{cog|en|sweat}}), from {{der|en|ine-pro|*swoyd-|t=to sweat}}. {{doublet|en|sweat}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ʃvɪts/}}
* {{audio|en|LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shvitz.wav|a=Southern England}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɪts|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# [[sweat|Sweat]].
# A [[traditional]] [[Jewish]] [[steambath]] of [[Eastern European]] origin.
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author={{w|Michael Chabon}}|title=[[w:The Yiddish Policemen's Union|The Yiddish Policemen’s Union]]|publisher=4th Estate (2010)|page=343|passage=It was not, or not only, the heat and ripeness of the '''shvitz''' that were making Litvak’s pulse thrum and his head spin.}}
# {{lb|en|by extension}} A [[sauna]] or sauna [[session]].

====Translations====
{{trans-see|sweat}}

{{trans-top|steam bath}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|שוויצבאָד|f}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Verb===
{{en-verb}}

# {{lb|en|intransitive|informal}} To [[sweat]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2017|author=David Friend|title=The Naughty Nineties
|passage=Soon, the '80s and '90s guy was finding drums to pound and sweat lodges in which to '''''shvitz''''' out rivulets of shame.}}