English-German translation for "tenderness"

"tenderness" German translation

tenderness
[ˈtendə(r)nis]noun | Substantiv s

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Zartheit, Weichheit Schwächlichkeit, Empfindlichkeit Zärtlichkeit Güte, Freundlichkeit Mitgefühl, Besorgtheit Empfindlichkeit Empfindsamkeit Weichlichkeit
  • Zartheitfeminine | Femininum f
    tenderness softnessalso | auch a. figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Weichheitfeminine | Femininum f
    tenderness softnessalso | auch a. figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    tenderness softnessalso | auch a. figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
examples
  • Zärtlichkeitfeminine | Femininum f (to gegen)
    tenderness gentleness
    tenderness gentleness
  • Gütefeminine | Femininum f
    tenderness kindness
    Freundlichkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    tenderness kindness
    tenderness kindness
  • Mitgefühlneuter | Neutrum n
    tenderness compassion
    Besorgtheitfeminine | Femininum f
    tenderness compassion
    tenderness compassion
  • Empfindlichkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    tenderness of part of body, conscienceet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
    tenderness of part of body, conscienceet cetera, and so on | etc., und so weiter etc
  • Empfindsamkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    tenderness of character
    tenderness of character
  • Weichlichkeitfeminine | Femininum f
    tenderness rare | seltenselten (effeminacy)
    tenderness rare | seltenselten (effeminacy)
Sie freute sich über diese Aufforderung zur Zärtlichkeit.
She was pleased by this appeal to tenderness.
Source: Books
Seine Erregung, seine Freude und seine Zärtlichkeit für Frou-Frou wuchsen immer mehr.
His excitement and joy, and his tenderness for Frou-Frou, grew stronger and stronger.
Source: Books
Aber Mal um Mal bringt uns gelebtes Mitgefühl zurück zur Weisheit der Zartheit.
But again and again, lived compassion brings us back to the wisdom of tenderness.
Source: TED
Er sah sie an mit Augen voller Zärtlichkeit, wie Emma keine je geschaut hatte.
And he looked at her with a tenderness in his eyes such as she had never seen.
Source: Books
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