Sense

1. (feminine) scythe (instrument for mowing grass etc.)
2. (feminine, informal) end of story, finish

Dialects

Aargau

sägesse

Basel-Landschaft

säägese

Basel-Landschaft

sänse

St. Gallen

säagass

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzɛnzə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: sēnse

Inherited from Old High German: segansa

Cognate with Dutch: zeis

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.

Concepts

scythe

sickle

lawnmower

lawn mower

Synonyms

Hippe

Sichel

Rasenmäher

Mähwerk

Rasenmähmaschine

Sense des Todes

Mäher

'' aus

Mähmaschine

Translations

faux

guadaña

zeis

falce

kosa

foice

dalla

tırpan

gadanha

dalle

falx

hoz

segadeira

faucille

falx foenaria