Polyglot Dictionary

Gespür

/ɡəˈʃpyːɐ̯/

das noun B2

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. a feel, an instinct (for something)

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

A felt, intuitive sense for something, milder and more everyday than Intuition, often paired with fuer (a feel for something specific).

Practice

1 What does Gespür mean?

2 Fill the gap: Sie hat ein gutes ___ für Menschen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Gespür?

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