soften

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (transitive) To make something soft or softer.
  2. (transitive) To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up).
  3. (transitive) To make less harsh
  4. (intransitive) To become soft or softer
  5. (ambitransitive) To become or make (a consonant) more lenis, to lenite.
  6. To palatalize.

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈsɒfən/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English softenen, softnen, equivalent to soft + -en.

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