Suada
See also: suada
German
Alternative forms
- Suade (rare)
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/
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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 quote)
- persuasiveness, power of persuasion
Declension
Declension of Suada [feminine]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Suada | die | Suaden |
| genitive | einer | der | Suada | der | Suaden |
| dative | einer | der | Suada | den | Suaden |
| accusative | eine | die | Suada | die | Suaden |
Further reading
- “Suada” in Duden online
- “Suada” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache