Neuter
Gefühl
Meaning
- (neuter, strong) feeling (either physical sensation or emotion)
- (neuter, strong) sense of something, instinct
Concepts
emotion
touch of
one’s heart
one’s feelings
sensation of doing
emotion
sense of touch
feel of
Synonyms
Gefühlsbewegung
Anfühlen
Sentiment
Stimmungslage
Gefühlsausbruch
zweite Gesicht
Gefühlswallung
Affektion
Philia
Phileo
Gefühlserregung
Gefühlsaufwallung
siebter Sinn
innere Stimme
Translations
sentiment
gevoel
sentimiento
sentimento
duygu
sentimentoFrequency
Dialects
Zürich
gfühl
Basel-Landschaft
gfiel
Basel-Landschaft
gfyyl
Basel-Landschaft
ydee
Zürich
gfüühl
Zürich
gfüül
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈfyːl/
Etymology
In summary
Apparently not attested before the 17th century. Derived from ge- + fühlen; compare Gehör, Gesicht (both older). Perhaps a calque of Dutch gevoel. This is slightly earlier (16th c., doubtfully in 1450) and moreover Middle Dutch already made ample use of the nominalized infinitive gevoelen. Earlier High German words were Fühle f (now obsolete) and Fühlung (now in a different sense).
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