Polyglot Dictionary

Menschenverstand

/ˈmɛnʃn̩fɛɐ̯ˌʃtant/

der noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. common sense

    • Benutze deinen gesunden Menschenverstand.

      Use your common sense.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

vernunft

Menschenverstand and Vernunft are close synonyms for "common sense, reason"; Vernunft is more about rationality broadly.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

sentido

Close — common sense relates to sentido (sense).

Practice

1 What does Menschenverstand mean?

2 Fill the gap: Benutze deinen gesunden ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Menschenverstand?

noun

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