sanft

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Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German semfte, senfte, sanfte, from Old High German semfti, from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī).

Adjective

sanft

  1. (Uri) easy, especially of a physical task

References

German

Etymology

From Middle High German semfte, senfte, sanfte, from Old High German semfti, from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (agreeable, fitting)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (one, whole). Doublet of sacht. Cognate with English soft.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /zanft/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): (widespread, especially northern and central Germany)
  • IPA(key): /sɑnft/ (Austria)
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

sanft (strong nominative masculine singular sanfter, comparative sanfter, superlative am sanftesten)

  1. gentle

Declension

References

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus (2013) “samÞu-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 426

Further reading

  • sanft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • sanft” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • sanft” in Duden online