Schwuli
[ˈʃvuːli]
The verdict
“Schwuli” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - homosexuelle Person
Corpus desk
Index DE-schwuli · Schwuli · German
Schwuli · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Schwuli |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈʃvuːli] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Schwuli“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Schwuli is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈʃvuːli]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "homosexuelle Person".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Schwuli, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Schwuli, spelled S-C-H-W-U-L-I.
Definition
- 1homosexuelle Person
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Schwuli appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Während meines Spaziergangs habe ich ein paar Schwulis gesehen.
„Meist lag sie allein in ihrem Bett und stellte sich das Gesicht von dem oder dem andern vor, nun war es immer nur das Gesicht des Schwulis Leon Brack, sie war sofort so voll im Schwung, daß Überschwang daraus wurde.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.