Faden

From Middle High German vadem, from Old High German fadum, from Proto-West Germanic *faþm (“embrace”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfaːdn̩/

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1. yarn, thread

   der rote Faden ― the main theme (literally, “the red thread”)

2. (nautical) fathom
3. (medicine) suture

   die Fäden ziehen ― to remove the sutures

• The plural Fäden and diminutive Fädchen are for the sense of “yarn, thread”.
• The plural Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) is for the sense of “fathom”.

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• → Esperanto: fadeno

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