Schwaden

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvaːdən/,
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German swadem. Cognate with Middle Low German swadem, dialectal Dutch zwadem.

Noun

Schwaden m (strong, genitive Schwadens, plural Schwaden)

  1. (often in the plural) waft, current (e.g. of cold air), cloud, plume (e.g. of smoke)
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Walpurgisnacht”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:
      Da steigt ein Dampf, dort ziehen Schwaden, / Hier leuchtet Glut aus Dunst und Flor, / Dann schleicht sie wie ein zarter Faden, / Dann bricht sie wie ein Quell hervor.
      Here steam, there rolling vapor sweepeth; / Here burns the glow through film and haze: / Now like a tender thread it creepeth, / Now like a fountain leaps and plays.
    • 1912, Thomas Mann, chapter 5, in Der Tod in Venedig [Death in Venice]‎, München: Hyperionverlag, →OCLC:
      […] jedesmal, wenn das geschah, wehte, von seinen Kleidern, seinem Körper ausgehend, ein Schwaden starken Karbolgeruchs zur Terrasse empor.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Schwaden
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schwaden die Schwaden
genitive eines des Schwadens der Schwaden
dative einem dem Schwaden den Schwaden
accusative einen den Schwaden die Schwaden
Alternative forms
  • Schwade f (back formation, less common)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Schwaden m (strong, genitive Schwadens, plural Schwaden)

  1. Alternative form of Schwade (“swath, windrow”)
Declension
Declension of Schwaden
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Schwaden die Schwaden
genitive eines des Schwadens der Schwaden
dative einem dem Schwaden den Schwaden
accusative einen den Schwaden die Schwaden

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Schwaden

  1. plural of Schwade

Further reading

  • “Schwaden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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