sanft

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

samft

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/zanft/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German semfte, senfte, sanfte, from Old High German semfti, from Proto-West Germanic *samft(ī) (compare Proto-Germanic *sōmiz (“agreeable, fitting”)), from Proto-Indo-European *sóm-tu-, possibly from *sem- (“one, whole”). Doublet of sacht. Cognate with English soft.

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