empfindsam
German, adjective/ɛmˈp͡fɪntzaːm/
empfindsam is spelled E-M-P-F-I-N-D-S-A-M (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Empfindsam is a German adjective meaning “sensitive, tender, compassionate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein feines Empfinden besitzend”.
What does empfindsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sensitive, tender, compassionate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. ein feines Empfinden besitzend
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 empfindsam
- empfindsamer masculine nominative singular
- am empfindsamsten superlative
- empfindsame feminine nominative singular
- empfindsames neuter nominative singular
- empfindsamen genitive masculine singular
- empfindsamem dative masculine singular
- der empfindsame definite includes-article masculine
- die empfindsame definite feminine includes-article
- das empfindsame definite includes-article neuter
- die empfindsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des empfindsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der empfindsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem empfindsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce empfindsam?
- /ɛmˈp͡fɪntzaːm/
- /ɛmˈp͡fɪntzam/
- [ɛmˈp͡fɪntzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is empfindsam in German?
empfindsam appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).