schwul

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

finocchio

omosessuale

gay

checca

🧚

frocio

🇩🇪

gaio

culattone

omofilo

sinonimi

homosexuell

gay

queer

homophil

andersherum

lesbisch

warm

☀️

gleichgeschlechtlich

andersrum

vom anderen Ufer

homo

warmer Bruder

verweichlichen

Traduzioni

gay

homosexual

gay

gay

homoseksueel

ibne

gai

gai

homosexual

bicha

🪱

homossexual

homosexuel

homo

homo

queer

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ʃvuːl/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Preso in prestito da 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).