schwul

Etymology
From.

Adjective

 * 1)  homosexual

Etymology
, (17th century), adopted into Standard German as  in the 18th century, ultimately from the root of.

The older form without appears in Berlin dialect in the 19th century in the current sense, building on the slang term  (as in ) for ‘homosexual’. The earliest attestation of this sense dates to 1847 (Paul Derks).

Adjective

 * 1)  homosexual, gay of males
 * 2)  having effeminate or flamboyant qualities; fruity, queer, swishy
 * 1)  having effeminate or flamboyant qualities; fruity, queer, swishy