Polyglot Dictionary

Blödsinn

/ˈbløːtˌzɪn/

der noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. nonsense

    Built from blöd (stupid) + Sinn (sense (meaning).

    • Das ist doch Blödsinn!

      That is nonsense!

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • blöd stupid
  • Sinn sense (meaning

Similar words

Unsinn

Blödsinn is a bit more colloquial, and can also mean mischief or tomfoolery, as in "Blödsinn machen"; Unsinn is the more neutral, standard word for nonsense.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

tontería

tontería is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "nonsense."

Portuguese

bobagem

bobagem is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "nonsense."

Practice

1 What does Blödsinn mean?

2 Fill the gap: Das ist doch ___!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Blödsinn?

nouncompound

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