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sanft.

gentle

5 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/zanft/standard[zaɱft]/sɑnft/Austria
  1. gentle

Where this word comes from

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.

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