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Schwaden.

waft, current (e.g. of cold air), cloud, plume (e.g. of smoke)

8 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈʃvaːdən/[ˈʃʋaː.dn̩]
  1. waft, current (e.g. of cold air), cloud, plume (e.g. of smoke)

    in-plural · masculine · often · strong
Where this word comes from

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.

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