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]

• Audio:

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Noun

Sense f (genitive Sense, plural Sensen)

1. scythe
2. (informal, with sein) end, finish

   Jetzt ist hier Sense! ― It’s finito in here now!

Declension

Declension of Sense [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sense	die	Sensen
genitive	einer	der	Sense	der	Sensen
dative	einer	der	Sense	den	Sensen
accusative	eine	die	Sense	die	Sensen

Related terms

• sensen
• Sensenbaum
• Sensenmann

See also

• Sichel f

Further reading

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