Vernunft
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See also: vernunft
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vernunft, from Old High German vernumft. Verbal noun of vernehmen. The second part of the word is Old High German numft, from Proto-Germanic *numþiz (“taking”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Vernunft f (genitive Vernunft, no plural)
- reason, good sense
- Synonyms: Einsicht, Ratio, Verstand, Verständigkeit
Declension
[edit]Declension of Vernunft [sg-only, feminine]
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Vernunft” in Duden online
- “Vernunft” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Vernunft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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