svulst

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German swulst. Related to svulme and svullen.

Noun

svulst c (singular definite svulsten, plural indefinite svulster)

1. (pathology) growth, tumor, cyst

   Synonyms: knude, tumor

2. (uncommon) bombast, grandiloquence

Declension

Declension of svulst

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	svulst	svulsten	svulster	svulsterne
genitive	svulsts	svulstens	svulsters	svulsternes

Derived terms

• svulstig
• hjernesvulst
• kræftsvulst
• vandsvulst
• svulstvæv

References

• “svulst” in Den Danske Ordbog

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 [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “svulst”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “svulst”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• svulst in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)