Binsenweisheit

German

Etymology

From Binse (“rush”) +‎ -n- +‎ Weisheit (“wisdom”). Perhaps related to Latin nōdum in scirpō quaerere (literally “to look for a knot in the rushes”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪnzənvaɪ̯shaɪ̯t/
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

truism
Synonyms: Binse, Binsenwahrheit, Gemeinplatz

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

“Binsenweisheit” in Duden online
Binsenweisheit on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Binsenweisheit” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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