Sense
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German sē̆nse, contraction of seinse, from older sëgense, from Old High German segansa, itself by metathesis from segisna, from Proto-West Germanic *sagisnu. Cognate with Dutch zeis.
The development ei < ege is found in Central German, but also in Bavarian (compare Getreide, verteidigen etc.). In the latter, contraction of the diphthong yields sanse (as in zwanzig < zweinzec). The form sense is of Central German origin. Alemannic generally retained consonantal ⟨g⟩, which also occurs elsewhere.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈzɛnzə/, [ˈzɛn.zə], (southern also) [ˈsɛn.sə], [-sɛ]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: Sen‧se
- Rhymes: -ɛnzə
Noun
[edit]Sense f (genitive Sense, plural Sensen)
- scythe (instrument for mowing grass etc.)
- 2025 April 30, Christiane Rösinger, “Zwischen Frühlingstaumel und Freizeitstress”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Wer im Mai nicht mäht, wird von den „Gartenfreunden“ im Verein schief angeguckt und muss im Juni dann mit der Sense ran, weil der Rasenmäher bei hohem Gras den Geist aufgibt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (informal, with sein) end of story, finish
- Synonyms: Schluss, Ende Gelände
- Jetzt ist hier Sense! ― It’s finito in here now!
- 2022 May 21, Michael Ringel, “Putins Pudel im Palast des Bösen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
- Also stürzte ich mich durchs nächstbeste Fenster ins Meer und schwamm ans andere Ufer, um von dort aus in sicherer Entfernung zu beobachten, wie sich Putin und sein Palast mit einer gigantischen Explosion in Luft auflösten. Krawumm! Aus! Sense! Das war’s.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Sense [feminine]
Related terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Sichel f
Further reading
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