How to understand "rundlich als schlank"
Hi. I'm begginer in German. In my textbook I've come across sentence:
"Ich bin mittelgroß, eher rundlich als schlank."

I have a question to the second part of that sentence.
Does "rundlich" relate to the face (oval/round) and "schlank" to the body? Or does this sentence mean something like "I'm rather fat than slim"?

I can't figure it out using dictionary.

Thanks for help :)

Question

How to understand "rundlich als schlank"
Hi. I'm begginer in German. In my textbook I've come across sentence:
"Ich bin mittelgroß, eher rundlich als schlank."

I have a question to the second part of that sentence.
Does "rundlich" relate to the face (oval/round) and "schlank" to the body? Or does this sentence mean something like "I'm rather fat than slim"?

I can't figure it out using dictionary.

Thanks for help :)

Answer

I'm rather chubby/plumb than slim. It relates to the whole body. 
Sounds to me like a joking description ;)

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Hi Iwona. A better (more positive) English expression would be "curvy". You may have heard this English word before.  "rundlich"in German sounds more positive than  "plump" or "dick".  Hope this helps. Rüdiger

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Both adjectives refer to the figure in general. The construction is "eher X als Y", which translates to "rather X than Y". In this case, the person describes their own figure as "rather roundish than slim".

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The latter, though I'd rather (eher) say something like "chubby" than (als) "fat".

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