Faden
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vadem, from Old High German fadum, from Proto-West Germanic *faþm (“embrace”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Faden m (strong, genitive Fadens, plural Fäden or Faden, diminutive Fädchen n)
- yarn, thread
- der rote Faden ― the main theme (literally, “the red thread”)
- (nautical) fathom
- (medicine) suture
- die Fäden ziehen ― to remove the sutures
Usage notes
[edit]- The plural Fäden and diminutive Fädchen are for the sense of “yarn, thread”.
- The plural Faden is for the sense of “fathom”.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Faden [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]- Bindfaden
- den Faden verlieren
- Fadenabstand
- Fadenalge
- Fadenbakterie
- Fadendicke
- Fadenende
- fadenförmig
- Fadenkreuz
- Fadenlänge
- Fadennudel
- Fadenriss
- fadenscheinig
- Fadenwurm
- Geduldsfaden
- Glühfaden
- Goldfaden
- Haarfaden
- Hanffaden
- Kettfaden
- Kohlefaden
- Kunstfaserfaden
- Kunststofffaden
- Lebensfaden
- Leinenfaden
- Leitfaden
- Nylonfaden
- Perlonfaden
- roter Faden
- Schussfaden
- Seidenfaden
- Silberfaden
- Spinnfaden
- Webfaden
- Wollfaden
- Zwirnsfaden
Descendants
[edit]- → Esperanto: fadeno
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