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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Suada, the Roman goddess of persuasion, in the 17th century; from Latin suādus (“persuasive”); from Latin suādeō (“I urge, exhort; I suade, persuade”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsu̯aːda, ˈzu̯aːda/
Noun
Suada f (genitive Suada, plural Suaden)
- (formal, often derogatory) diatribe (prolonged discourse)
- Synonyms: Redeschwall, Tirade
2020 June 21, Ekkehard Knörer, “Fremdscham und viel Liebe”, in taz:Ein Plot nur in Fetzen, eine Suada, der aber leider nicht gelang, was Suaden gelingen muss: eine*n zu packen, mitzuzerren, und sei's am Genick und sei's durch den Dreck.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- persuasiveness, power of persuasion
Declension
Further reading
- “Suada” in Duden online
- “Suada” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache