kleinmütig

(adjective)

Meanings

1.
fainthearted
(not very common in daily life)

Read more tap to show/hide

Word of the Day - "der Mut"

By itself, der Mut means courage. But there are countless useful compounds where this doesn't really fit. Today, we'll find out all about that cool family.

Vocab:

der Mut, -mut, übermütig, gutmütig, Unmut, Demut,Armut, vermuten


Word Family tap to show/hide

This root is not 100% certain and it is only mentioned in German sources, but not in English ones.

The core idea of the root (if it existed) was something along the lines of:

being string willed, striving towards

It is thought to be the origin of the Latin mōs, which was a strong custom or will, and which is the origin of moral.
The other likely English relative is mood.

0 0 votes
Article Rating

Questions and Comments tap to show/hide

🗨
Subscribe
Notify of
guest

0 Comments
Inline Feedbacks
View all comments


Never miss out!

Join over 20.000 German learners and get my epic newsletter whenever I post a new article :)

We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info.