Komfort

Meaning

1. (masculine, no-plural, strong) a state of relative luxury, ample sufficiency, especially with regard to mod cons
2. (masculine, no-plural, rare, strong) comfort, cosiness more generally

Concepts

comfort

convenience

ease

sense of well-being

carefree

suavity

cosy

cozy

Opposite of

Unbehaglichkeit, Unbequemlichkeit, Ungemütlichkeit

Synonyms

Behaglichkeit

Bequemlichkeit

Gemütlichkeit

Luxus

Vorzüge

Wohlstand

Überfluss

Annehmlichkeit

die Annehmlichkeiten des Lebens

Annehmlichkeiten

Behaglichkeiten

Translations

confort

comfort

gemak

gerief

konfor

conforto

comodidad

conforto

confort

aise

anchas

comodidade

άνεση

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

kummligkait

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔmˈfoːr/

Etymology

Borrowed from English: comfort

Borrowed from French: confort

In summary

19th century, partly from English comfort (hence the -m-), partly from French confort (hence the mute -t), both from Old French confort, from conforter, from Latin confortare.

Sentences

Er bot also nur geringen Schutz und Komfort für die Besatzung .

So it offered little protection and comfort for the crew.