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Demut
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German
de:
Etymology
From de gmh dēmuot, gmh diemuot, gmh diemüete, from southern de goh thiomuotī (ca. 800), from goh thio unfree, adscript + goh muot mood, attitude, thus literally “serf-mindedness”. The word spread from Upper German during Middle High German times, gradually displacing the northern goh ōtmuotī (compare osx ōthmōdī). Northern sources almost invariably show -e- instead of -ie-, but this form also appears in the south and must thus be considered an internal, irregular development. gml dêmôt, dum dêmoet are both late (15th c.) borrowings from High German.
Pronunciation
de /ˈdeːˌmuːt/
de De-Demut.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f.sg
humility, meekness comprehension or expression of one’s own lowliness
de Bescheidenheit Ergebenheit Unterwürfigkeit
de Hochmut ; Hoffart<q:archaic> ; Selbstherrlichkeit ; Überheblichkeit
Declension
f.sg
Derived terms
de demütig
de demütigen
Related terms
goh deo
de dienen
de Mut
gmw-pro *þeu
Further reading
de Emotions