sagtmodig

== Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German sachtmodig. Cognate of Swedish saktmodig. Compare also sagte (“quiet”) and mod (“mood, affect”). Superficially similar words include: hovmodig (“arrogant”), tålmodig (“patient”), ædelmodig (“magnanimous”), godmodig (“kind, friendly”), vemodig (“melancholic”), overmodig (“overconfident”), frimodig (“candid, frank”), mismodig (“despondent”), heltemodig (“heroic”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /sɑɡdˈmoˀði/ === Adjective === sagtmodig (neuter sagtmodigt, plural and definite singular attributive sagtmodige) meek, gentle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== sagtmodighed === Further reading === “sagtmodig” in Den Danske Ordbog