Grips

wit; intellect; understanding; nous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡʁɪps/

Etymology

Cognate with English: gripe

In summary

Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. Derived with the suffix -s from Middle Low German grīpen or grabben. These interrelated verbs are cognate with English gripe and grab respectively. For the semantics compare German begreifen (“to understand”).

Concepts

brain

🧠

brains

savvy

Synonyms

Verstand

Köpfchen

Scharfsinn

Scharfsinnigkeit

Denkvermögen

Vernunft

Geist

Hirn

🧠

Denkfähigkeit

Intelligenz

Gehirnschmalz

Gehalt

Geisteskraft

Grütze

Kern

Klugheit

Knochenmark

Kopf

Urteilskraft

Schädeldach

Translations

intelecto

🧠

μυαλό

νοημοσύνη

νους

cervello

🧠

intellect

verstand

meollo

caletre

entendederas

κεφάλι

mollera