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)

1. (formal, often derogatory) diatribe (prolonged discourse)

   Synonyms: Redeschwall, Tirade

   • 2020 June 21, Ekkehard Knörer, “Fremdscham und viel Liebe”, in taz‎^[1]:

     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)

2. 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