muskulös

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See also: muskuļos

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French musculeux, from Latin mūsculōsus. By surface analysis, Muskul +‎ -ös.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mʊskuˈløːs/
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Adjective

muskulös (strong nominative masculine singular muskulöser, comparative muskulöser, superlative am muskulösesten)

  1. muscular (having well-developed muscles)
  2. (by extension) strong; robust; vigorous
    ein muskulöser Wein

Declension

Further reading

  • muskulös” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • muskulös” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • muskulös” in Duden online

Swedish

Adjective

muskulös (comparative muskulösare, superlative muskulösast)

  1. muscular (having well-developed muscles)
  2. muscular (related to muscles)
    Synonym: (more common) muskulär

Usage notes

Sometimes jokingly contrasted with muskellös (muscle-less).

Declension

Inflection of muskulös
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular muskulös muskulösare muskulösast
Neuter singular muskulöst muskulösare muskulösast
Plural muskulösa muskulösare muskulösast
Masculine plural3 muskulöse muskulösare muskulösast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 muskulöse muskulösare muskulösaste
All muskulösa muskulösare muskulösaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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