süßlich
Meaning
- sweetish (slightly sweet)
- unpleasantly sweet
- (figuratively) treacly, cloying, mawkish, cheesy (overly obliging or sentimental)
Synonyms
Translations
yapmacık
zeemzout
empalagoso
sirupeux
dolcettoEtymology
In summary
From Middle High German süezlich, suozlich, sūzlich, from Old High German suozlīh, swuozlīh, equivalent to süß (“sweet”) + -lich. Cognate with Dutch zoetelijk (“mawkish; sentimental”), Middle English swetly, sweetly (“pleasant; lovely”, adjective).
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