Schwade

See also: schwade

German
Schwade

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaːdə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Etymology 1

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

Schwade f (genitive Schwade, plural Schwaden)

  1. 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:
      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
Declension of Schwade [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schwade die Schwaden
genitive einer der Schwade der Schwaden
dative einer der Schwade den Schwaden
accusative eine die Schwade die Schwaden
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

Back-formation from Schwaden, interpreted as a plural.

Noun

Schwade f (genitive Schwade, plural Schwaden)

  1. Alternative form of Schwaden (“waft, plume”)
Declension
Declension of Schwade [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schwade die Schwaden
genitive einer der Schwade der Schwaden
dative einer der Schwade den Schwaden
accusative eine die Schwade die Schwaden

Further reading
  • “Schwade” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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