Sanftmut
German, noun[ˈzanftˌmuːt]
Sanftmut is spelled S-A-N-F-T-M-U-T (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 92,701st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sanftmut is a German feminine noun meaning “gentleness, meekness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ausgeglichene, ruhige, geduldige und wohlwollende Gesinnung, die einen Menschen selbst bei Kränkungen nicht…”.
What does Sanftmut mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegentleness, meekness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ausgeglichene, ruhige, geduldige und wohlwollende Gesinnung, die einen Menschen selbst bei Kränkungen nicht in Zorn geraten lässt, sondern ein besonnenes Verhalten hervorbringt, das die Mitmenschen positiv beeinflusst
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 Sanftmut?
- [ˈzanftˌmuːt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Sanftmut
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sanftmut in German?
Sanftmut appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).