Schwaden

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʃvaːdən/, [ˈʃʋaː.dn̩] === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German swadem, from Old High German swedan (“to burn smolderingly”), from Proto-West Germanic *swīþan (“to singe, burn”). Cognate with Middle Low German swadem, dialectal Dutch zwadem. ==== Noun ==== Schwaden m (strong, genitive Schwadens, plural Schwaden) (often in the plural) waft, current (e.g. of cold air), cloud, plume (e.g. of smoke) ===== Declension ===== ===== Alternative forms ===== Schwade f (back formation, less common) ===== Derived terms ===== Nebelschwaden Rauchschwaden === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== Schwaden m (strong, genitive Schwadens, plural Schwaden) alternative form of Schwade (“swath, windrow”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== Schwaden plural of Schwade === Further reading === “Schwaden”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)