Demut
German, noun/ˈdeːˌmuːt/
Demut is spelled D-E-M-U-T (5 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demut is a German feminine noun meaning “humility, meekness (comprehension or expression of one’s own lowliness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vor allem religiös geprägte Geisteshaltung, bei der sich der Mensch in Erkenntnis der eigenen…”.
What does Demut mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehumility, meekness (comprehension or expression of one’s own lowliness)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vor allem religiös geprägte Geisteshaltung, bei der sich der Mensch in Erkenntnis der eigenen Unvollkommenheit dem göttlichen Willen unterwirft 2. das Zurückzunehmen der eigenen Interessen gegenüber einer höheren Macht oder gegenüber einer Gemeinschaft
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce Demut?
- /ˈdeːˌmuːt/
- [ˈdeːmuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Demut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Demut in German?
Demut appears 3.0 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).