Mitleid

Significat (anglès)

pity, compassion

Amb guionet com

Mit‧leid

Gènere

Neutre

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈmɪtlaɪ̯t/

Etimologia (anglès)

From Middle High German mitelīden, first used in mystic literature as a calque of Latin compassiō (“compassion”), itself a calque of Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia, “compassion, sympathy”). By surface analysis, mit (“with”) + Leid (“sorrow, suffering”). From Middle High German is borrowed Dutch medelijden.

Sents

Aus Mitleid kaufte Henrike dem frierenden Obdachlosen eine Jacke .

Out of pity, Henrike bought a jacket for the freezing homeless man.