schwul
See also: schwül
Dutch
editEtymology
editAdjective
editschwul (not comparable)
- (Limburg) homosexual
Declension
editDeclension of schwul | ||||
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uninflected | schwul | |||
inflected | schwule | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | schwul | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | schwule | ||
n. sing. | schwul | |||
plural | schwule | |||
definite | schwule | |||
partitive | schwuls |
German
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Middle Low German swōl, swūl (“sultry, hot and humid”) (17th century), adopted into Standard German as schwül in the 18th century, ultimately from the root of schwelen (“to smoulder”).
The older form without umlaut appears in Berlin dialect in the 19th century in the current sense, building on the slang term warm (as in warmer Bruder) for ‘homosexual’. The earliest attestation of this sense dates to 1847 (Paul Derks).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editschwul (strong nominative masculine singular schwuler, comparative schwuler, superlative am schwulsten)
- (colloquial) homosexual, gay (of males)
- Synonyms: gay, homosexuell, homo, (dated) warm
- (derogatory, slang) having effeminate or flamboyant qualities; fruity, queer, swishy
- 2016 December 30, Moritz von Uslar, “Party braucht keinen König”, in Die Zeit[1]:
- Haupts Definition seiner Geschlechtsidentität lautet: "Klar, man hat sich schwul zu verhalten." Auf eine noch kürzere Formel gebracht: Schwul sein, ohne Schwuchtel zu sein.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
editPositive forms of schwul
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist schwul | sie ist schwul | es ist schwul | sie sind schwul | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | schwuler | schwule | schwules | schwule |
genitive | schwulen | schwuler | schwulen | schwuler | |
dative | schwulem | schwuler | schwulem | schwulen | |
accusative | schwulen | schwule | schwules | schwule | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der schwule | die schwule | das schwule | die schwulen |
genitive | des schwulen | der schwulen | des schwulen | der schwulen | |
dative | dem schwulen | der schwulen | dem schwulen | den schwulen | |
accusative | den schwulen | die schwule | das schwule | die schwulen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein schwuler | eine schwule | ein schwules | (keine) schwulen |
genitive | eines schwulen | einer schwulen | eines schwulen | (keiner) schwulen | |
dative | einem schwulen | einer schwulen | einem schwulen | (keinen) schwulen | |
accusative | einen schwulen | eine schwule | ein schwules | (keine) schwulen |
Comparative forms of schwul
Superlative forms of schwul
Derived terms
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