schwulstig
See also: schwülstig
German
editEtymology
editSchwulst + -ig. Doublet of schwülstig, which has developed slightly different meanings. Compare Swedish svulstig.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʃvʊlstɪç/ (standard)
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /ˈʃvʊlstɪk/ (common form in southern Germany, Austria, and Switzerland)
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: schwul‧stig
Adjective
editschwulstig (strong nominative masculine singular schwulstiger, comparative schwulstiger, superlative am schwulstigsten)
- swollen, puffy, bloated (as a result of an illness, infection, injury, etc.)
- (Austria, obsolete) pompous
Declension
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Further reading
edit- “schwulstig” in Duden online