🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

die Fassung

Pronunciation / Transliteration: die Fassung

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Composure/kəmˈpoʊ.ʒər/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Er verlor in diesem Moment völlig die Fassung."

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As noun
  1. 1

    The state or feeling of being calm and in control of one's emotions.

    "She struggled to maintain her composure during the difficult meeting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the French verb composer, meaning to put together or calm, which traces back to the Latin componere. Entering English in the 17th century, the term shifted from the physical act of arranging parts to the mental state of keeping one's thoughts and emotions properly arranged and under control.

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