Sudelbuch
German
editEtymology
editsudeln (“to blot, to scrawl”) + Buch (“book”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSudelbuch m (strong, genitive Sudelbuches or Sudelbuchs, plural Sudelbücher)
- (obsolete, business) wastebook (temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later)
- (by extension) notebook, notepad
Declension
editDeclension of Sudelbuch [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Sudelbuch | die | Sudelbücher |
genitive | eines | des | Sudelbuches, Sudelbuchs | der | Sudelbücher |
dative | einem | dem | Sudelbuch, Sudelbuche1 | den | Sudelbüchern |
accusative | einen | den | Sudelbuch | die | Sudelbücher |
1Now rare, see notes.
Further reading
edit- Sudelbuch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Sudelbuch” in Duden online
- “Sudelbuch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache