"Wankelmut" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvaŋkəlˌmuːt/ Audio: De-Wankelmut.ogg
Etymology: From wankeln + Mut. Cognate to Dutch wankelmoed. Etymology templates: {{affix|de|wankeln|Mut}} wankeln + Mut, {{cog|nl|wankelmoed}} Dutch wankelmoed Head templates: {{de-noun|m,(e)s.sg}} Wankelmut m (strong, genitive Wankelmutes or Wankelmuts, no plural) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,(e)s.sg}} Forms: Wankelmutes [genitive], Wankelmuts [genitive], masculine strong [table-tags], Wankelmut [nominative, singular], Wankelmutes [genitive, singular], Wankelmuts [genitive, singular], Wankelmut [dative, singular], Wankelmute [dative, singular], Wankelmut [accusative, singular]
  1. fickleness Tags: masculine, no-plural, strong Synonyms: Verzagtheit, Kleinmut Derived forms: wankelmütig
    Sense id: en-Wankelmut-de-noun-jeevSAPu Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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    {
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      "form": "masculine strong",
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      "form": "Wankelmut",
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      "form": "Wankelmute",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Wankelmut",
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          "word": "Kühnheit"
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          "word": "Beherztheit"
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "roman": "Diesen gesetzten Geist hatte er bereits unter den vorigen Regierungen bewiesen, wo er mit gleicher Gelassenheit und mit gleich standhaftem Mut den Wankelmut seines Monarchen und den Wechsel des Kriegsglücks ertrug.",
          "text": "around 1790, Friedrich Schiller, Geschichte der Unruhen in Frankreich - Kapitel 1",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1908, Jakob Wassermann, chapter 16, in Caspar Hauser oder Die Trägheit des Herzens",
          "text": "Ich war zu großmütig, dachte er; ich war zu lau; Wankelmut trägt die eigne Haut zum Markt; läßt man die Träumer aufwachen, so greifen sie nach den Zügeln und machen die Rosse scheu; das süße Zeug schmeckt nicht länger, nun gilt es Salz in den Brei zu tun.",
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          "word": "Verzagtheit"
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          "word": "Kleinmut"
        }
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      ]
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        "genitive"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "word": "Kühnheit"
        },
        {
          "word": "Beherztheit"
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        "German masculine nouns",
        "German nouns",
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        "German terms with audio links",
        "German terms with quotations",
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        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
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          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1908, Jakob Wassermann, chapter 16, in Caspar Hauser oder Die Trägheit des Herzens",
          "text": "Ich war zu großmütig, dachte er; ich war zu lau; Wankelmut trägt die eigne Haut zum Markt; läßt man die Träumer aufwachen, so greifen sie nach den Zügeln und machen die Rosse scheu; das süße Zeug schmeckt nicht länger, nun gilt es Salz in den Brei zu tun.",
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        {
          "word": "Verzagtheit"
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        {
          "word": "Kleinmut"
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