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German
Etymology
Jocular 18th c. student slang, from schwul, schwül (“hot”) + -ität.
Pronunciation
Noun
Schwulität f (genitive Schwulität, plural Schwulitäten)
- (dated, colloquial, usually in the plural) trouble
- Synonyms: Bedrängnis, Verlegenheit
Die Aufgabenstellung hat mich in beträchtliche Schwulitäten versetzt.- The task at hand was seriously troublesome for me.
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 465:„Es ist aber ein Menschenbedürfnis,“ sagte Wehsal kläglich, „ein Menschenbedürfnis, lieber Castorp, zu reden und sich das Herz zu erleichtern, wenn man in solchen Schwulitäten sitzt wie ich.“- “But it is a human need,” Wehsal said miserably “a human need, my dear Castorp, to talk and speak your heart, when you're in such trouble as I am.”
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