tugendsam
German, adjective[ˈtuːɡn̩tzaːm]
tugendsam is spelled T-U-G-E-N-D-S-A-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tugendsam is a German adjective meaning “virtuous” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “moralisch hohen Standards genügend”.
What does tugendsam mean in English?
adjective
- 1
virtuous
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. moralisch hohen Standards genügend
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 tugendsam
- tugendsamer masculine nominative singular
- am tugendsamsten superlative
- tugendsame feminine nominative singular
- tugendsames neuter nominative singular
- tugendsamen genitive masculine singular
- tugendsamem dative masculine singular
- der tugendsame definite includes-article masculine
- die tugendsame definite feminine includes-article
- das tugendsame definite includes-article neuter
- die tugendsamen definite includes-article nominative
- des tugendsamen definite genitive includes-article
- der tugendsamen definite feminine genitive
- dem tugendsamen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tugendsam?
- [ˈtuːɡn̩tzaːm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tugendsam
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tugendsam in German?
tugendsam appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).