Schwade
See also: schwade
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From northern Middle High German swade and Middle Low German swade, both from Proto-Germanic *swaþō, from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bʰ)- (“to bend, turn, swing”).
Noun edit
Schwade f (genitive Schwade, plural Schwaden)
- swath, windrow (row of cut grain or hay; both cut out herbage and the left empty space)
- 1902, Gustav Falke, “Die Schnitterin”, in Hohe Sommertage[1]:
- Drei Äcker Gerste, ums Abendrot,
Lagen in breiten Schwaden,
Daneben die Mutter, und die war tot.
So kam der Knecht zu Gnaden.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension edit
Declension of Schwade [feminine]
Alternative forms edit
- Schwaden m
Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from Schwaden, interpreted as a plural.
Noun edit
Schwade f (genitive Schwade, plural Schwaden)
- Alternative form of Schwaden (“waft, plume”)
Declension edit
Declension of Schwade [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Schwade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache