Polyglot Dictionary

Unsinn

/ˈʊnzɪn/

der noun A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. nonsense

    Built from un- (not) + Sinn (sense).

    • Red keinen Unsinn!

      Don't talk nonsense!

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Sinn sense

Similar words

Blödsinn

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

disparate

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

Spanish

pamplina

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

Spanish

tontería

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

Practice

1 What does Unsinn mean?

2 Fill the gap: Red keinen ___!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Unsinn?

See also

nouncompound

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