Tugend

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German tugent, from Old High German tugund (“virtue, power”), from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō (“usefulness, virtue”). Cognate with English douth, dought.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːɡn̩t/
  • Hyphenation: Tu‧gend
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Noun

Tugend f (genitive Tugend, plural Tugenden)

  1. virtue
    Antonym: Untugend
    Ohne Tugend gibt es keine Freiheit.
    Without virtue, there is no freedom.
    • 2004 October 1, “Acht-Schwänze-und-ein-halber [Eight-and-a-Half-Tails]”, in Meister von Kamigawa [Champions of Kamigawa], Wizards of the Coast:
      „Tugend ist ein inneres Licht, das in jeder Seele scheinen kann.‟
      “Virtue is an inner light that can prevail in every soul.”

Declension

Declension of Tugend
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tugend die Tugenden
genitive einer der Tugend der Tugenden
dative einer der Tugend den Tugenden
accusative eine die Tugend die Tugenden

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Tugend” in Duden online
  • “Tugend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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