Vernunft
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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