Schwulst

German

Etymology

From Middle High German swulst (“tumor, growth”), from swellen (“to swell up, bulge”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃvʊlst/

Noun

Schwulst m (genitive Schwulstes or Schwulsts, plural Schwülste)

  1. (obsolete) showiness, pretention, grandiosity, bombast

Declension
Declension of Schwulst
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schwulst die Schwülste
genitive eines des Schwulstes,
Schwulsts		 der Schwülste
dative einem dem Schwulst,
Schwulste1		 den Schwülsten
accusative einen den Schwulst die Schwülste
1Now uncommon, see notes

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