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

• svulstig

References

• svulst in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• svulst in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• svulst in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• svulst in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)