Sakkade
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French saccade, probably from Spanish sacar (“to take out”), perhaps from Gothic 𐍃𐌰𐌺𐌰𐌽 (sakan, “dispute, rebuke”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Sakkade f (genitive Sakkade, plural Sakkaden)
- (physiology, ophthalmology) saccade (rapid jerky movement of the eye (voluntary or involuntary) from one focus to another)
Declension edit
Declension of Sakkade [feminine]
Further reading edit
- Augenbewegung on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Sakkade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache