Mut

See also: Appendix:Variations of "mut"

German

Alternative forms

• Muth (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German muot, from Old High German muot, from Proto-West Germanic *mōd, from Proto-Germanic *mōdaz. Cognate with Dutch moed, English mood.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

Mut m (strong, genitive Mutes or Muts, no plural, diminutive Mütchen n or Mütlein n)

1. courage; bravery

   Ich wünschte, ich hätte den Mut, auf einer Bühne vor Publikum zu sprechen.

   I wish I had the courage to speak on stage before an audience.

2. (now chiefly in compounds or with adjective) mood; emotional state

   ‎schwer (“heavy”) + ‎Mut → ‎Schwermut (“ melancholy”)

   ‎über- (“over-”) + ‎Mut → ‎Übermut (“cockiness”)

Declension

Declension of Mut [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mut
genitive	eines	des	Mutes, Muts
dative	einem	dem	Mut, Mute1
accusative	einen	den	Mut

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Bekennermut
• Edelmut
• Freimut
• Frevelmut
• Frohmut
• guten Mutes sein
• Heldenmut
• Hochmut
• Kampfesmut
• Kleinmut
• Lebensmut
• Löwenmut
• Mannesmut
• Missmut
• Mütchen
• mutig
• mutlos
• Mutprobe
• mutvoll
• Mutwille
• Opfermut
• Todesmut
• Übermut
• Unmut
• Wagemut
• Wankelmut
• zumute, zu Mute

See also

• Anmut f
• Armut f
• Demut f
• Einmut f
  • einmütig
• Gemüt n
• Gleichmut f or m
• Großmut f
• Langmut f
• Reumut f
• Sanftmut f
• Schwermut f
• Wehmut f

Further reading

• “Mut”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Mut” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Mut” in Duden online
• Mut on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German muot, from Old High German muot, from Proto-West Germanic *mōd.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muːt/

Noun

Mut m

1. courage; bravery

   Synonym: Koraasch

Derived terms

• mutich

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Mut”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Romanian

Etymology

From mut.

Proper noun

Mut m (genitive/dative lui Mut)

1. a surname

Turkish

Mut ilçesi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mutʰ/

Proper noun

Mut

1. a male given name
2. a town and district of Mersin Province, Turkey

Declension

Declension of Mut

	singular	plural
nominative	Mut	Mutlar
definite accusative	Mut'u	Mutları
dative	Mut'a	Mutlara
locative	Mut'ta	Mutlarda
ablative	Mut'tan	Mutlardan
genitive	Mut'un	Mutların

Possessive forms of Mut

	singular	plural
benim (my)	Mut'um	Mutlarım
senin (your)	Mut'un	Mutların
onun (his/her/its)	Mut'u	Mutları
bizim (our)	Mut'umuz	Mutlarımız
sizin (your)	Mut'unuz	Mutlarınız
onların (their)	Mut'u	Mutları

Derived terms

• Mutlu