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Hochmut (arrogance), Grossmut (magnanimity), Freimut (candour), Demut (humility), Anmut (charm), Armut (poverty) ... Only a few letters (prefixes) attached to the front of the German root word Mut (courage — from OHG muot, meaning intellectual force) suffice to give it a particular connotation, to colour it negatively or positively, to make it heroic or ridiculous
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Radermacher, N. (2007). Interpretation, Meaning. In: Manuscript. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8253-7_19
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