Feminine

Vernunft

Meaning

reason, good sense

Frequency

B2
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 Middle High German numft, from Old High German numft, from Proto-West Germanic *numþi (“taking”).

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