sanft

Concepts

gentle
soft
quiet
gently
mild
calm
softly
tender
bland
tranquil
peaceful
restful
mildly
docile
placid
quiescent
delicate
leisurely
still
suave
sweet
balmy
meek
limp
blandly
gentle
placidly
rest
secretly
sensitive
smooth
smoothly
smoothness
subdued
unskilled
weak
weakly
winsome
mild-mannered
good
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soft
affable
alluring
blearily
blunt
charming
comfortable
convenient
cushy
disarming
Synonyms

ruhig
A1
mild
23k
weich
B2
zart
C2
gelassen
B1
fromm
20k
friedlich
B2
still
A2
lieblich
21k
zärtlich
C2
sacht
49k
friedliebend
friedfertig
zahm
21k
anmutig
23k
gemütlich
B2
süß
A2
sanftmütig
42k
liebevoll
C2
leise
B1
lind
schwach
B1
freundlich
B1
gütlich
glatt
B2
nachsichtig
C2
wohltuend
glimpflich
48k
entzückend
C1
gütig
C1
wollig
milde
C2
geruhsam
weichherzig
seelenruhig
behutsam
C2
elastisch
leutselig
schwammig
verträglich
leicht
A2
lieb
B1
lau
C2
einfühlsam
20k
höflich
B2
nachgiebig
47k
harmlos
C1
mürbe
reizend
B2
flauschig
44k
Translations

doux
suave
rustig
kalm
calme
bedaard
stil
zacht
tranquille
calmo
suave
plàcid
calmo
tranquillo
Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

samft

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/zanft/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
semfte
Inherited from Old High German
semfti
Cognate with English
English
soft
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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