This is the 161st most frequent German word.
schwer
The German word "schwer" means "heavy" or "difficult" in English.
Here, 'schwer' indicates difficulty in performing the task, focusing on the challenge of solving it.
Diese Aufgabe ist schwer zu lösen.
This task is difficult to solve.
In this sentence, 'schwer' conveys emotional or existential difficulty, describing hard times in someone's life.
Meine Großmutter hatte in ihrem Leben viele schwere Zeiten.
My grandmother has had many hard times in her life.
In this sentence, 'schwer' is used to mean 'heavy', describing the physical weight of the object, the book.