samt
German, preposition
samt is a German preposition meaning “together with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Samt is a different word: “velvet”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Dativ: zusammen mit”.
What does samt mean in English?
preposition
- 1
together with
samt Kind und Kegel
adverb
- 1
only used in samt und sonders
noun
- 1
masculinevelvet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
preposition: 1. mit Dativ: zusammen mit
noun: 1. feines Baumwollgewebe
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of samt
- Samtes genitive
- Samts genitive
- Samte plural
- Samten dative definite plural
- Sammt alternative archaic
- Sammet alternative archaic
- sammt alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to samt
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is samt in German?
samt appears 19 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).