Mitleid

Significado

pity, compassion

Guionizado como

Mit‧leid

Xénero

Neutro

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈmɪtlaɪ̯t/

Etimoloxía

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.

Oracións

Aus Mitleid kaufte Henrike dem frierenden Obdachlosen eine Jacke .

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