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mehrgewichtig

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German

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Etymology

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Mehrgewicht +‎ -ig or mehr +‎ gewichtig

Adjective

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mehrgewichtig (strong nominative masculine singular mehrgewichtiger, not comparable)

  1. (neologism, nonstandard, euphemistic, uncommon) overweight, obese, morbidly obese
    Synonyms: (standard) übergewichtig, fettleibig

Usage notes

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  • Used chiefly by activists of the fat acceptance community and deniers of the strong correlation between overweight and mortality.

Declension

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