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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative svulst svulsten svulster svulsterna
Genitive svulsts svulstens svulsters svulsternas

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