English-German translations for soft

• weich
  Europa muss daher seine Rolle als eine weiche Macht übernehmen. Europe must therefore assume its role as a soft power.
  Nicht nur in den Niederlanden werden weiche Drogen geduldet. It is not only in the Netherlands that soft drugs are tolerated.
  Allerdings scheint eine weiche Landung möglich. But a soft landing does seem possible.
• sanft
  Eine sanfte Gesetzgebung reicht nicht mehr und sanfte Maßnahmen auch nicht. Soft law is no longer enough, and soft measures are not either.
  Das spricht nicht eben für unsere viel gepriesene "sanfte Macht". This does not speak well of our vaunted 'soft power'.
  Die sanfte Tour wird es nicht mehr geben. 'Softly, softly' will not do anymore.
• mild
  Vier oder fünf Schwerverbrecher erhalten milde Strafen, nur damit ein einziger verurteilt wird. Four or five very hard criminals may be given soft sentences to convict one.
  Terrorismus ist ein Verbrechen, das keine Milde kennen darf. Terrorism is a crime, and one which we cannot go soft on.
  Der Ausdruck „soziale Zuordnung“ ist sehr mild, und ich möchte Sie bitten, diese beiden Worte aus historischen Gründen zu unterstützen. ‘Social classification’ is a very soft wording and I would ask you to support those two words on the grounds of history.
• flauschig
• geschmeidig
• leise
  Wir sind nur in der Lage, moralische Macht auszustrahlen. Als Baroness Ashton zu Beginn dieser Diskussion sehr leise sprach, hatte sie leider auch keinen großen Stab bei sich. We are only capable of projecting moral power, so when Baroness Ashton spoke, very softly, at the beginning of this debate, she unfortunately did not carry a big stick as well.
• Software die
• zart besaitet

Definition of soft

• Easily giving way under pressure
• Smooth and flexible; not rough, rugged, or harsh
• Quiet
• Gentle
• Expressing gentleness or tenderness; mild; conciliatory; courteous; kind
• Gentle in action or motion; easy
• Weak in character; impressible
• Requiring little or no effort; easy
• Not bright or intense
• Having a slight angle from straight
• Voiced; sonant
• voiceless
• Lacking strength or resolve; not tough, wimpy
• Low in dissolved calcium compounds
• Foolish
• Of a ferromagnetic material; a material that becomes essentially non-magnetic when an external magnetic field is removed, a material with a low magnetic coercivity. (compare hard
• Incomplete, or temporary; not a full action
• Effeminate
• Agreeable to the senses
• Not harsh or offensive to the sight; not glaring or jagged; pleasing to the eye
• Made up of nonparallel rays, tending to wrap around a subject and produce diffuse shadows
• Be quiet; hold; stop; not so fast
• Softly; without roughness or harshness; gently; quietly
• A soft or foolish person; an idiot

Examples

• My head sank easily into the soft pillow.
• Polish the silver with a soft cloth to avoid scratching.
• soft silk; a soft skin
• I could hear the soft rustle of the leaves in the trees.
• There was a soft breeze blowing.
• soft eyes
• soft lighting
• At the intersection with two roads going left, take the soft left.
• Its important to dance on soft knees to avoid injury.
• When it comes to drinking, he is as soft as they come.
• You wont need as much soap, as the water here is very soft.
• The admin imposed a soft block/ban on the user or a soft lock on the article
• a soft liniment
• soft wines
• soft colours
• the soft outline of the snow-covered hill
• Press the red button on the soft phone to hang up.

Related words

• software
• softy
• softly
• softball
• airsoft
• soften
• softener
• softness
• softening