Feminine
Vernunft
Meaning
reason, good sense
Concepts
logical reasoning
propriety
easily taught
true feelings
Synonyms
folgerichtiges Denken
Bedachtsamkeit
Scharfsinnigkeit
gesunder Verstand
Denkfähigkeit
Denkvermögen
Vernunftgemäßheit
vernünftiges Verhalten
klares und richtiges Denken
geistige Reife
Gehirnschmalz
Geisteskraft
Gescheitheit
Gesetzmäßigkeit
Angepasstheit
Grund des Herzens
Denkrichtigkeit
“Faden”
Wirklichkeit und Wahrheit
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German vernunft, from Old High German vernumft. Verbal noun of vernehmen. The second part of the word is Old High German numft, from Proto-Germanic *numþiz (“taking”).
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