sachte

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzaxtə/, [ˈzaχtə]
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: sagte (only according to a regional pronunciation of this word)

Adjective

sachte (comparative sachter, superlative am sachtesten)

  1. Alternative form of sacht
  2. inflected form of sacht

Adverb

sachte

  1. Alternative form of sacht

Further reading

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch sāfti, from Proto-Germanic *samftijaz, from Proto-Indo-European *sem-.

Adjective

sachte

  1. soft
  2. mild
  3. smooth
  4. light, easy
  5. slow

Inflection

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Alternative forms
  • sâechte
  • seecht
  • socht
  • sochte
  • saefte
  • safte
  • soft

Descendants

Further reading
  • “sachte (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “sachte (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929
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