Synonyms: blaspheme, curse, cuss
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /swɛə*/ |
| Hyphenation | swear |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑕𐑢𐑺 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐑅𐐶𐐩𐑉 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) swear | (I) swore /swɔː*/ |
| (thou) swearest | (thou) sworest |
| (he) swears, sweareth | (he) swore /swɔː*/ |
| (we) swear | (we) swore |
| (you) swear | (you) swore |
| (they) swear | (they) swore |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) swear | (I) swore |
| (thou) swear | (thou) swore /swɔː*/ |
| (he) swear | (he) swore |
| (we) swear | (we) swore |
| (you) swear | (you) swore |
| (they) swear | (they) swore |
| Imperative mood | |
| swear | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| sworn /swɔːn/ | swore |
| Catalan | blasfemar |
|---|---|
| Danish | bande |
| Dutch | ketteren |
| English (Old English) | cursian |
| Esperanto | blasfemi |
| Faeroese | banna |
| Finnish | herjata |
| French | blasphémer |
| German | lästern |
| Hungarian | káromol |
| Icelandic | bölva |
| Italian | bestemmiare |
| Latin | blasphemare |
| Norwegian | banne |
| Portuguese | blasfemar; maldizer; praguejar |
| Romanian | blasfemia; blestema; huli; înjura |
| Saterland Frisian | lästerje |
| Spanish | blasfemar |
| Swedish | svära |
| West Frisian | flokke |