Tugend

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tugent, from Old High German tugund (“virtue, power”), from Proto-Germanic *dugunþō (“usefulness, virtue”). Cognate with English douth, dought.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːɡn̩t/
• Hyphenation: Tu‧gend

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Noun

Tugend f (genitive Tugend, plural Tugenden)

1. virtue

   Antonym: Untugend

   Ohne Tugend gibt es keine Freiheit.

   Without virtue, there is no freedom.

   • 2004 October 1, “Acht-Schwänze-und-ein-halber [Eight-and-a-Half-Tails]”, in Meister von Kamigawa [Champions of Kamigawa], Wizards of the Coast:

     „Tugend ist ein inneres Licht, das in jeder Seele scheinen kann.‟

     “Virtue is an inner light that can prevail in every soul.”

Declension

Declension of Tugend [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Tugend	die	Tugenden
genitive	einer	der	Tugend	der	Tugenden
dative	einer	der	Tugend	den	Tugenden
accusative	eine	die	Tugend	die	Tugenden

Derived terms

• tugendhaft
• tugendlich
• tugendlos
• tugendsam
• tugendvoll

Further reading

• “Tugend” in Duden online
• “Tugend” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache