Demut

Meaning

humility, meekness (comprehension or expression of one’s own lowliness)

Concepts

humility

humbleness

modesty

lowliness

meek

obedient

resignation

self-abasement

self-depreciation

simplicity

submission

submissive

docile

humblesse

gentle

humble

humility, humbleness, lowliness

Opposite of

Hochmut, ;, Hoffart, Selbstherrlichkeit, Überheblichkeit

Synonyms

Bescheidenheit

Ergebenheit

Erniedrigung

Unterwürfigkeit

Zurückhaltung

Niedrigkeit

Resignation

Unterwerfung

Ehrerbietigkeit

Anspruchslosigkeit

Erdulden

Hinnahmebereitschaft

Gottergebenheit

Folgsamkeit

Fügsamkeit

Gehorsam

Geringfügigkeit

Translations

humilité

humildad

nederigheid

deemoed

umiltà

ootmoed

humildade

modestie

alçakgönüllülük

تواضع

ταπεινότητα

bescheidenheid

humilitat

umilitat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdeːˌmuːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: dēmuot

Cognate with Old Saxon: ōthmōdī

Cognate with Middle Low German: dêmôt

Cognate with Middle Dutch: dêmoet

In summary

From Middle High German dēmuot, diemuot, diemüete, from southern Old High German thiomuotī (ca. 800), from thio (“unfree, adscript”) + muot (“mood, attitude”), thus literally “serf-mindedness”. The word spread from Upper German during Middle High German times, gradually displacing the northern ōtmuotī (compare Old Saxon ōthmōdī). Northern sources almost invariably show -e- instead of -ie-, but this form also appears in the south and must thus be considered an internal, irregular development. Middle Low German dêmôt, Middle Dutch dêmoet are both late (15th c.) borrowings from High German.