B2noun · countable / uncountable · common

dignity

dignity · dignities

гідність, достоїнство

достоинство, сан, должность, звание

Würde, Amt, Förmlichkeit

The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or characterThe state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.

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/ˈdɪɡnɪti/

» I've lost my dignity.

Ich habe meine Würde verloren.

Я потерял свое достоинство.

Я втратив гідність.

Я втратила гідність.

Meaning

6 senses

(countable, uncountable)The state of being dignified or worthy of esteem: elevation of mind or character.
Würde
досто́инствоdostóinstvo
досто́їнствоdostójinstvo, гі́дністьhídnistʹ
the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect
(countable, uncountable)Decorum, formality, stateliness.
Förmlichkeit
formality in bearing and appearance
(countable, uncountable)High office, rank, or station.
Amt
зва́ниеzvánije, санsan, до́лжностьdólžnostʹ
high office or rank or station
(countable, uncountable)One holding high rank; a dignitary.
(countable, proscribed, sometimes, uncountable)Respect.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)Fundamental principle; axiom; maxim.

Examples

100 sentences

I've lost my dignity.
Я втратив гідність.
ruЯ потерял свое достоинство.
deIch habe meine Würde verloren.
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I still have my dignity.
deIch habe immer noch meine Würde.
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There's nothing any of us can do for Tom now except let him die with dignity.
ruТеперь нет ничего, что кто-либо из нас мог бы сделать для Тома, кроме как дать ему умереть с достоинством.
deEs gibt nichts mehr, was einer von uns für Tom noch tun kann, außer ihn in Würde sterben zu lassen.
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Have a little dignity.
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Your action has offended his dignity.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

quality or state:

Русский

By meaning 2

quality or state:

high office or rank:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

quality or state:

formality, stateliness:

high office or rank:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“wort

Inherited from Middle English dignyte, from Old French dignité, from Latin dignitās (“worthiness, merit, dignity, grandeur, authority, rank, office”), from dignus (“worthy, appropriate”), from Proto-Italic *degnos, from Proto-Indo-European *dḱ-nos, from *deḱ- (“to take”). See also decus (“honor, esteem”) and decet (“it is fitting”). Cognate to deign. Doublet of dainty. In this sense, displaced native Old English weorþsċipe, which became Modern English worship. It also displaced native Old English hād (“honor, dignity”).

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