Sudelbuch

German

Etymology

sudeln (“to blot, to scrawl”) +‎ Buch (“book”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːdəlˌbuːx/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Su‧del‧buch

Noun

Sudelbuch m (strong, genitive Sudelbuches or Sudelbuchs, plural Sudelbücher)

1. (obsolete, business) wastebook (temporary notebook in which details of transactions were entered as they happened, to be copied into formal ledgers later)

   Synonyms: Kladde, Stratze

2. (by extension) notebook, notepad

Declension

Declension of Sudelbuch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sudelbuch	die	Sudelbücher
genitive	eines	des	Sudelbuches, Sudelbuchs	der	Sudelbücher
dative	einem	dem	Sudelbuch, Sudelbuche1	den	Sudelbüchern
accusative	einen	den	Sudelbuch	die	Sudelbücher

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• Sudelbuch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Sudelbuch” in Duden online
• “Sudelbuch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache