Sinn

German (Berlin)

/zɪn/

noun
Definitions
  • sense
  • meaning, sense the objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says
  • point, idea, tenor
  • mind, consciousness
  • feeling
  • (medicine) sense, sensus, aesthesia

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German sin inherited from Old High German sin inherited from *sinn (mind, meaning, sense) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (feel, go, head for, true, being, head).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*sent-

Gloss

feel, go, head for, true, being, head

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

頭

Emoji

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