Tugend

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtuːɡn̩t]
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  • Hyphenation: Tu‧gend

Noun

Tugend f (genitive Tugend, plural Tugenden)

  1. virtue
    • 2004 October 1, “Acht-Schwänze-und-ein-halber [Eight-and-a-Half-Tails]”, in Meister von Kamigawa [Champions of Kamigawa] (in German), 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.”

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