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

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

See also

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