svulst

Swedish

Etymology

From Middle Low German swulst or German Schwulst, from Middle High German swulst (“tumor, growth”), itself from German schwellen (“to swell”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *swellaną (“to swell”). Doublet of svall and svullnad.

Noun

svulst c

  1. growth, tumor, cyst
  2. bombast, grandiloquence

Declension

Declension of svulst
nominative genitive
singular indefinite svulst svulsts
definite svulsten svulstens
plural indefinite svulster svulsters
definite svulsterna svulsternas

Derived terms

References

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