schwul

Signification (Anglais)

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

Concepts

gay

gai

homo

homosexuel

pédé

Synonymes

homosexuell

gay

queer

homophil

andersherum

lesbisch

warm

☀️

gleichgeschlechtlich

andersrum

vom anderen Ufer

homo

warmer Bruder

verweichlichen

Traductions

gay

homosexual

omosessuale

finocchio

gay

gay

homosexual

gai

ibne

bicha

🪱

homoseksueel

homo

gay

queer

checca

🧚

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃvuːl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Emprunté à 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).