Schwe·rin (shv?-r?n?) A city of north-central Germany on Schwerin Lake southwest of Rostock. Originally a Slavic settlement, it was chartered c. 1160 and today is a commercial, industrial, and transportation center in an agricultural region.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Schwerin (German ?ve?ri?n) n (Placename) a city in N Germany, in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on Lake Schwerin. Pop: 97 694 (2003 est)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014Schwe?rin (?ve??rin) n. the capital of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in N Germany. 130,685. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.