Mut
German, noun/muːt/
Mut is spelled M-U-T (3 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mut is a German masculine noun meaning “courage; bravery” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Geisteshaltung, bei der Handlungen in einer gefährlichen, kritischen oder waghalsigen Situation energisch und…”.
What does Mut mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecourage; bravery
Ich wünschte, ich hätte den Mut, auf einer Bühne vor Publikum zu sprechen.
- 2
masculinemood; emotional state
schwer (“heavy”) + Mut → Schwermut (“ melancholy”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Geisteshaltung, bei der Handlungen in einer gefährlichen, kritischen oder waghalsigen Situation energisch und furchtlos ausgeführt werden 2. Gemütszustand, in dem neue Aufgaben mit Zuversicht begonnen oder fortgeführt werden 3. Gemüt
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 Mut
- Mutes genitive
- Muts genitive
- Mütchen diminutive neuter
- Mütlein diminutive neuter
- Mute dative singular
- Muth alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Mut?
- /muːt/
- [muːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Mut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Mut in German?
Mut appears 35 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).