Feminine
Binsenweisheit
Meaning
truism
Concepts
shallow cunning
shallow cleverness
Synonyms
Unwichtigkeit
Gehaltlosigkeit
leeres Gerede
Affenweisheit
Worthülse
Platitude
nichtssagende Redensart
nichts sagende Redensart
einfache Formel
leeres Stroh
Leerformel
sinnentleerte Chiffre
Sprachhülse
hohle Phrase
Translations
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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