Rede

Meaning

speech, address

Hyphenated as

Re‧de

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈreːdə/

Etymology

From Middle High German rede, from Old High German redia, radia (“speech, view, opinion”), from Proto-Germanic *raþjǭ, *raþjō (“accountability, speech”); from the same root as reden (“to talk, to speak”). Cognate with Latin ratiō (“account, reason, proof”) and German Rat (“counsel”), English rede (“counsel”).

Sentences

Es ist für uns eine große Ehre , dass Sie dort eine Rede halten werden .

You do us an enormous honour by coming to address it.

Von freiwillig kann nicht die Rede sein .

There can be no talk of voluntary.

Seine Rede kann man nur als zynisch bezeichnen .

His speech can only be described as cynical.