Masculine
Unsinn
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
blääch
Basel-Landschaft
brunz
Basel-Landschaft
gips
Basel-Landschaft
gwatsch
Basel-Landschaft
haafekääs
Basel-Landschaft
kaabis
Basel-Landschaft
kääs
Basel-Landschaft
mischt
Basel-Landschaft
naarezyyg
Basel-Landschaft
nuugaa
Basel-Landschaft
saich
Basel-Landschaft
sämf
Basel-Landschaft
zyyg
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʊnzɪn/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German unsin (“nonsense, folly”) (compare Middle High German unsinne (“ignorance, stupidity”)), equivalent to un- + Sinn.
Related words
good-for-nothing fellow
dummes Zeug
Albernheit
Fez
Schmarren
Schwachfug
Schmonzes
unsinniges Gerede
Unsinn reden
ungereimtes Zeug
Nebbich
leeres Geschwätz
etwas Widersinniges
etas Absurdes
Inkohärenz
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