Schwade
See also: schwade
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editSchwade 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
editDeclension of Schwade [feminine]
Alternative forms
edit- Schwaden m
Etymology 2
editBack-formation from Schwaden, interpreted as a plural.
Noun
editSchwade f (genitive Schwade, plural Schwaden)
- Alternative form of Schwaden (“waft, plume”)
Declension
editDeclension of Schwade [feminine]
Further reading
edit- “Schwade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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