der Sinn

(noun)

Meanings

1.
the purpose
(As in "der Sinn des Lebens" for example)
2.
the sense
(Can refer to our senses, to our minds and also to the sense of an action)

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Word of the Day - "der Zweck"

A fun look at the origin and meaning of "der Zweck" and its related words.

Vocab:

der Zweck, die Zweckehe, die Reißzwecke, bezwecken, zwecks, zwecklos


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Root: *sent-
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vvv-ooo-vvv
1 month ago

Hello. “im Sinne von” gets translated as “in the sense of” But Sinne is plural of Sinn or? It seems odd it would be plural if we are talking about a specific sense of a word no?

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vvv-ooo-vvv
1 month ago
Reply to  vvv-ooo-vvv

And surely if it is plural it would be im Sinnen von?



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