schwul

Significat (Anglès)

1. (colloquial) gay
2. (derogatory, slang) having effeminate or flamboyant qualities; fruity, queer, swishy

Conceptes

gai

marieta

homosexual

Sinònims

homosexuell

gay

queer

homophil

andersherum

lesbisch

warm

☀️

gleichgeschlechtlich

andersrum

vom anderen Ufer

homo

warmer Bruder

verweichlichen

Traduccions

gay

gay

homosexual

finocchio

omosessuale

gai

homosexual

bicha

🪱

ibne

gay

homoseksueel

gay

queer

checca

🧚

homo

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ʃvuːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de Middle Low German: swōl

In summary

Borrowed from Middle Low German swōl, swūl (“sultry, hot and humid”) (17th century), adopted into Standard German as schwül in the 18th century, ultimately from the root of schwelen (“to smoulder”).
The older form without umlaut appears in Berlin dialect in the 19th century in the current sense, building on the slang term warm (as in warmer Bruder) for ‘homosexual’. The earliest attestation of this sense dates to 1847 (Paul Derks).