German

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin corpulentus.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /kɔʁpuˈlɛnt/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Adjective

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    korpulent (strong nominative masculine singular korpulenter, comparative korpulenter, superlative am korpulentesten)

    1. corpulent

    Declension

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    Further reading

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    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin corpulentus, from corpus.

    Adjective

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    korpulent (comparative korpulentare, superlative korpulentast)

    1. corpulent

    Declension

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    Inflection of korpulent
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular korpulent korpulentare korpulentast
    neuter singular korpulent korpulentare korpulentast
    plural korpulenta korpulentare korpulentast
    masculine plural2 korpulente korpulentare korpulentast
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 korpulente korpulentare korpulentaste
    all korpulenta korpulentare korpulentaste

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

    Further reading

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    • korpulent”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)