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Frömmigkeit

piety

noun FROEM-ikh-kyt Rare
People & Society Religion

Also means

devoutness

Usage Note

Frömmigkeit is piety or religious devoutness, the abstract noun from fromm (pious, devout). It is largely uncountable. Note fromm once meant simply useful or able, surviving in the phrase frommer Wunsch (a pious, vain hope).

Examples

"Ihre tiefe Frömmigkeit prägte das ganze Dorf."

Natural Translation

Her deep piety shaped the whole village.

Literal Translation

Her deep piety shaped the whole village.

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