Schwade

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvaːdə/ Rhymes: -aːdə === Etymology 1 === From northern Middle High German swade and Middle Low German swade, both from Proto-Germanic *swaþō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *swey- (“to bend, turn, swing”). See English swath for more. ==== Noun ==== Schwade f (genitive Schwade, plural Schwaden) swath, windrow (row of cut grain or hay; both cut out herbage and the left empty space) ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== Schwaden m === Etymology 2 === Back-formation from Schwaden, interpreted as a plural. ==== Noun ==== Schwade f (genitive Schwade, plural Schwaden) alternative form of Schwaden (“waft, plume”) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Schwade” in Duden online “Schwade”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)