Swell

"Swell" in German

adrett

(fashionable — see also fashionable)

klasse

(excellent — see also excellent)

prima

(excellent — see also excellent)

glücklich

(very well)

prima

(very well)

super

(very well)

Anhöhe

(hillock or similar raised area of terrain)

Anschwellen

(act of swelling; increase in size)

Anstieg

(increase of power in style, or of rhetorical force)

Beule

(bulge or protuberance)

Bodenerhebung

(hillock or similar raised area of terrain)

Dünung

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Geck

(person who dresses in a fancy or elegant manner)

Großkopferter (Austro-Bavarian)

(person of high social standing)

Seegang

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Stutzer

(person who dresses in a fancy or elegant manner)

Wellengang

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

Wogen

(series of waves, lasting after the wind has ceased)

feiner Pinkel

(person of high social standing)

anschwellen

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

anschwellen

(to grow gradually in force or loudness)

anschwellen

(to protuberate; to bulge out)

anschwellen lassen

(to cause to become bigger)

aufblasen

(to be raised to arrogance)

aufplustern

(to raise to arrogance)

aufwölben

(to protuberate; to bulge out)

ausbauchen

(to protuberate; to bulge out)

geschwollen

(to be turgid, bombastic, or extravagant)

schwellen

(intransitive: to become bigger, especially due to being engorged)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.