modest, humble (of a person) · limited, disappointing, little (of qualities, especially success/growth) · euphemistic form of beschissen (“shitty”)
çekim: karşılaştırma bescheidener · üstünlük am bescheidensten
eş: zurückhaltend, schlicht, anspruchslos, unluxuriös, unprätentiös, beschissen
köken: From Middle High German bescheiden (“to assign; to inform”). By surface analysis, be- + scheiden. The adjective was originally the past participle.
aile: Bescheidenheit
🔊 bescheidener Anfang
🔊 Da der praktische Erfolg des obligatorischen Güteversuchs bescheiden ist, hat Baden-Württemberg ihn zum 1.5.2013 abgeschafft.
🔊 Die wirtschaftliche Lage ist miserabel. Die Inflation ist 2022 extrem (fast 50 Prozent bei Nahrungsmitteln), das Wachstum bescheiden.
to lower; to reduce; to bring down · to come or go down; to descend · to humble oneself, demean oneself, stoop; abase, degrade, humiliate
çekim: geçmiş abaissé · ortaç abaissé · şimdiki abaisse · ulaç abaissant
eş: descendre, rabattre, replier, abâtardir, avilir, dégrader
zıt: élever, hausser, glorifier
köken: Inherited from Middle French, from Old French abaissier, from a (“to, towards”) + baissier (“to lower”). See Modern French à, baisser.
aile: abaissable, abaissant, abaissement, abaisseur m & adjective
to degrade, to debase
çekim: geçmiş degradé · ortaç degradado · şimdiki degrada
eş: degenerar, estropear, rebajar, humillar, pisotear
köken: From Ecclesiastical Latin degradāre, from Latin de- (“down, away from”) + gradus (“grade, step”).
to lower · to press down (on a pedal) · to dim (a light)
çekim: geçmiş abbassàto · ortaç abbassàto · şimdiki abbàssa · ulaç abbassànte
eş: attenuare, attutire, calare, chinare, contrarre, diminuire
zıt: alzare
köken: From a- + basso (“low”) + -are.
aile: abbassabile, abbassamento, abbassata, abbassatoio, abbassatura
to put; to lay; to place; to set; to position; to install; to implant · to lump, to group; to put together · to lay and cluster (eggs) in a nest
çekim: geçmiş وَضَعْتُ
🔊 وَضَعْتُ يَدَيَّ عَلَى أُذْنَيَّ فَمَا سَمِعْتُ قَوْلَهُ.
🔊 وَوَضَعْنَا عَنْكَ وِزْرَكَ.
Farsça 🔊 فروتن /fu.roː.ˈtan/ humble
köken: From فرو (foru, “low”) + تن (tan, “body”).
aile: فروتنی
modest, humble, unassuming · reasonable, sound, rational
çekim: karşılaştırma bescheidener · üstünlük bescheidenst
eş: schaars, spaarzaam, ingetogen
köken: From Middle Dutch bescheiden. Past participle of bescheiden, equivalent to be- + scheiden (“to separate”).
aile: bescheidenheid
to lower; to cause to move downwards · to lower; to cause to become shorter · to lower; to reduce (the degree, intensity, strength, etc.)
çekim: geçmiş abaixei · ortaç abaixado · şimdiki abaixa
zıt: erguer, suspender, ampliar, amplificar, aumentar, engrandecer
köken: From Old Galician-Portuguese abaixar, from a- + baixo (“low”) + -ar, from Late Latin bassus (“low”).
aile: abaixa-língua, abaixa-luz
to debase, to degrade (to lower in quality or value)
çekim: geçmiş εξευτέλισα · ortaç έχοντας εξευτελίσει · şimdiki εξευτελίζει · ulaç εξευτελίζοντας
eş: μειώνω, ταπεινώνω, ρεζιλεύω, ντροπιάζω, διαπομπεύω
köken: Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἐξευτελίζω (exeutelízō). By surface analysis, εξ- (ex-) + ευτελίζω (eftelízo).
to lower (something)
çekim: geçmiş 低めた
zıt: 高める
to make it lower, bring down · to humble
çekim: geçmiş 낮추었다
zıt: 높이다
köken: First attested in the Guhwang chwaryo (救荒撮要 / 구황촬요), 1554, as Middle Korean ᄂᆞ초다 (Yale: nochwota). Causative form of 낮다 (natda, “to be low”).
🔊 주는 높은 나무를 낮추고 낮은 나무를 높이신다. (에스겔 17:24)
🔊 누구든지 자신을 높이는 이는 낮아지고, 자신을 낮추는 이는 높아질 것이다. (누가복음 14:11)
modest, unassuming, unpretentious, humble, lowly
çekim: karşılaştırma anspråkslösare · üstünlük anspråkslösast
zıt: anspråksfull
köken: Calque of German anspruchslos, equivalent to anspråk (“claim”) + -s- + -lös (“-less”) (in the sense of "that doesn't make claims to things").
aile: anspråkslöshet
humble, modest (not proud)
çekim: karşılaştırma pokorniejszy · üstünlük najpokorniejszy
köken: Etymology tree Proto-Slavic *pokorьnъ Polish pokorny Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pokorьnъ. By surface analysis, pokora + -ny.
aile: pokorność
humble, modest, polite, courteous
köken: From वि (vi, “special”) + नम्र (namra, “humble”).
to lower, downgrade, decrease, reduce, diminish · to slash, mark down, bring down (prices) · to degrade, demote, abase, humiliate (a person)
çekim: geçmiş alentanut · şimdiki alentaisi · ulaç alentava
zıt: ylentää
köken: alene- + -taa
aile: alentava, alennin, alennus, alentaminen, alentua
to humble, to humiliate
çekim: geçmiş pokořivše · ortaç pokořila · şimdiki pokoří
köken: Inherited from Old Czech pokořiti. By surface analysis, po- + kořit.
humble, submissive, servile
çekim: karşılaştırma alázatosabb · üstünlük legalázatosabb
köken: From alázat + -os (adjective-forming suffix).
aile: alászolgája, alázatosan, alázatosság
modest · humble
köken: From the root צ־נ־ע
low, lowly, small, slight; shallow · base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant, low · short, not tall (of physical stature)
çekim: karşılaştırma humilior · üstünlük humillimus
köken: From humus + -ilis. The resemblance to Ancient Greek χθαμαλός (khthamalós) is cognate, but probably accidental, and not sufficient to assume a direct inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *dʰǵʰemelo- (a derivative from *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”)). Compare also Middle English dingle (“depression, hollow”) (from Old English *dyngel).
aile: humile, humiliātiō, humilificō, humiliō, humilitās, humiliter, humilitō
To humiliate, disparage
çekim: geçmiş nedgjorde · ortaç nedgjort · ulaç nedgørende
köken: ned (“down”) + gøre (“make”)
humble (thinking lowly of oneself)
köken: Inherited from Malay rendah hati. Compound of rendah (“low”) + hati (“heart”), literally “low-hearted”.
modest; humble · below average
köken: Sino-Vietnamese word from 謙遜.
🔊 Anh ấy có chiều cao khiêm tốn.
modest (not bragging or boasting about oneself or one's achievements)
çekim: karşılaştırma skrómnejši · üstünlük nȁjskrómnejši
köken: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian skroman, from Czech skromný, from Proto-Slavic *sъkromьnъ.