Schwulst
German, noun/ʃvʊlst/
Schwulst is spelled S-C-H-W-U-L-S-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 205,761st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schwulst is a German feminine noun meaning “swelling, tumour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gestaltung, die sehr überladen, übermäßig ausgeschmückt zu sein wirkt”.
What does Schwulst mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineswelling, tumour
noun
- 1
masculineswelling, tumour
- 2
masculineshowiness, pretention, grandiosity, bombast
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gestaltung, die sehr überladen, übermäßig ausgeschmückt zu sein wirkt
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schwulst
- Schwülste plural
- Schwülsten dative definite plural
- Schwulstes genitive
- Schwulsts genitive
- Schwulste dative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schwulst?
- /ʃvʊlst/
- [ʃvʊlst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Schwulst in German?
Schwulst appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).