Sense

See also: sense and sensé

German

Etymology

By pre-cluster shortening from Middle High German sēnse, itself by Central German monophthongisation from seinse, itself by pre-alveolar contraction (compare Getreide, verteidigen etc.) from segense, from Old High German segansa, itself by metathesis from segisna, from Proto-West Germanic *sagisnu. Cognate with Dutch zeis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛnzə/, [ˈzɛn.zə], (southern also) [ˈsɛn.sɛ]
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Noun

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

  1. scythe
  2. (informal, with sein) end, finish
    Jetzt ist hier Sense! ― It’s finito in here now!

Declension

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

See also

Further reading
  • “Sense” in Duden online
  • “Sense” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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