Sense

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See also: sense and sensé

German

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /ˈzɛnzə/, [ˈzɛn.zə], (southern also) [ˈsɛn.sɛ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Sen‧se
  • Rhymes: -ɛnzə

Noun

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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

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See also

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Further reading

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