Feminine

Binsenweisheit

Meaning

truism

Synonyms

Unwichtigkeit

Gehaltlosigkeit

leeres Gerede

Affenweisheit

Worthülse

Platitude

nichtssagende Redensart

nichts sagende Redensart

einfache Formel

leeres Stroh

Leerformel

sinnentleerte Chiffre

Sprachhülse

hohle Phrase

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbɪnzənvaɪ̯shaɪ̯t/
Etymology

From Binse (“rush”) + -n- + Weisheit (“wisdom”). Perhaps related to Latin nōdum in scirpō quaerere (literally “to look for a knot in the rushes”).

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