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German
Etymology
Old past participle of Middle High German (sich) dinsen (“to expand”, literally “to drag”), from Proto-Germanic *þinsaną (“to stretch”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈdʊnzən/
- Hyphenation: ge‧dun‧sen
Adjective
gedunsen (strong nominative masculine singular gedunsener, comparative gedunsener or gedunsner, superlative am gedunsensten)
- swollen, bloated
- Synonyms: aufgedunsen, geschwollen
1903, Thomas Mann, Tristan:Man vergegenwärtige sich einen Brünetten am Anfang der Dreißiger und von stattlicher Statur, dessen Haar an den Schläfen schon merklich zu ergrauen beginnt, dessen rundes, weißes, ein wenig gedunsenes Gesicht aber nicht die Spur irgendeines Bartwuchses zeigt.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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