sweetness

English

Etymology

From Middle English swetnes, swetnesse, from Old English swētnes (“sweetness”), equivalent to sweet +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

• enPR: swēt'nəs, IPA^(key): /ˈswiːtnəs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

sweetness (countable and uncountable, plural sweetnesses)

1. The condition of being sweet or sugary.
2. A pleasant disposition; kindness.

   Ruth's overwhelming sweetness made Robert forget about his hopelessly low school grades.

3. (informal) Term of address for one's sweetheart.
   • 1986, The Smiths (band), Bigmouth Strikes Again (song)

     Sweetness, sweetness, I was only joking when I said
     I'd like to smash every tooth in your head.

   • 2011, Kimberly Gibney, Over the Edge (page 66)

     "Hey sweetness," he said. "How was practice?"

Translations

condition of being sweet or sugary

• Afrikaans: soetheid
• Albanian: ëmbëlsi (sq) f
• Aromanian: dultseatsã f
• Asturian: dulzura f
• Azerbaijani: şirinlik
• Catalan: dolçor (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甜味 (zh) (tiánwèi)

• Crimean Tatar: tatlılıq
• Czech: sladkost f
• Danish: sødme c
• Dutch: zoetheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: dolĉeco
• Finnish: makeus (fi)
• Galician: dozura f
• Georgian: სიტკბო (siṭḳbo), სიტკბოება (siṭḳboeba)
• German: Süßigkeit (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: γλυκύτης f (glukútēs)

• Hebrew: מתיקות (he) f (metikút)
• Hungarian: édesség (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: sætleik f
• Italian: dolcezza (it) f
• Japanese: 甘さ (あまさ, amasa)
• Latin: dulcēdō f, dulcitās f, dulcitūdō f, dulcor m, mellinia f, suāvitās f
• Latvian: saldums m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: sødme m, søthet m or f

  Nynorsk: søtleik m

• Polish: słodycz (pl) f
• Portuguese: doçura (pt) f
• Romanian: dulceață (ro)
• Russian: сла́дость (ru) f (sládostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: slatkòća (sh) f
• Spanish: dulzura f, dulzor m, melosidad f, dulcedumbre f
• Swedish: sötma (sv) c
• Thai: ความหวาน (kwaam-wǎan)
• Turkish: tatlılık (tr)
• Welsh: melyster m
• Yiddish: זיסקײַט f (ziskayt)

pleasant disposition

• Afrikaans: soetheid
• Albanian: ëmbëlsi (sq) f
• Azerbaijani: şirinlik
• Catalan: dolçor (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 甜美 (zh) (tiánměi)

• Danish: sødme c
• Dutch: zoetheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: amindeco
• Finnish: herttaisuus (fi)
• Galician: dozura f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Süßigkeit (de) f
• Hungarian: kedvesség (hu)
• Icelandic: sætleik f
• Italian: dolcezza (it) f
• Latin: suavitudo f
• Latvian: saldums m
• Polish: słodycz (pl) f
• Portuguese: doçura (pt) f
• Romanian: dulceață (ro)
• Russian: доброду́шие (ru) n (dobrodúšije), доброта́ (ru) f (dobrotá)
• Spanish: agradabilidad f
• Turkish: tatlılık (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Süße (de) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} mìlseachd f

Anagrams

• wetnesses