Feminine
Sense
Meaning
- (feminine) scythe (instrument for mowing grass etc.)
- (feminine, informal) end of story, finish
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
faux
guadaña
zeis
falce
foice
dalla
tırpan
falxFrequency
Dialects
Aargau
sägesse
Basel-Landschaft
säägese
Basel-Landschaft
sänse
St. Gallen
säagass
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɛnzə/
Etymology
In summary
By pre-cluster shortening from Middle High German sēnse, itself by Central German monophthongisation from seinse, itself by pre-alveolar contraction (compare Getreide, verteidigen etc.) from segense, from Old High German segansa, itself by metathesis from segisna, from Proto-West Germanic *sagisnu. Cognate with Dutch zeis.
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