16th century, fromMiddle Frenchcorage,courage. In the dialects often Germanised; compareAlemannic GermanKaräschi. The standard form remains under the influence of modernFrench.
- IPA(key): /kuˈraːʒə/,[kuˈʁaːʒə],[kʊ-]
- IPA(key): /kuˈraːʃə/(some southern speakers)
- Hyphenation:Cou‧ra‧ge
- Rhymes:-aːʒə
Courage f (genitiveCourage,no plural)
- courage,guts,initiative
- Synonyms:Mut,Schneid,Beherztheit,Entschlossenheit,Initiative
- (obsolete, 17th-century military slang)vulva;vagina
- The German word is rarely used of situations where someone puts themselves in actual danger (for whichMut), but rather in the context of daring to speak out, to take a chance, etc.
Declension ofCourage [sg-only, feminine]
- “Courage” inDuden online
- “Courage” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
