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empfindsamkeit

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
empfind-samkeit
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A musical style of the 18th century, featuring "true" feelings and sudden mood changes.

Uncountable

Etymology

From German Empfindsamkeit (“sensibility, sentimentality”). The German term might derive from English sensibility, a related English literature movement from the same time period.

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Synonyms

Empfindsamer Stil sensibility sentimentality

Questions

What does empfindsamkeit mean?
A musical style of the 18th century, featuring "true" feelings and sudden mood changes.
Where does empfindsamkeit come from?
It is traced to German.

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