fühlen
Meaning
- (transitive,weak) to feel (a thing, sensation, emotion - a noun)
- (copulative,reflexive,weak) to feel (somehow - an adjective)
- (intransitive,transitive,weak) to touch so as to perceive something
- (intransitive,weak) to feel for, to search by feeling
- (colloquial,weak) to touch (in general)
Concepts
give off an odour
be acquainted with
grope in the dark
apperceive
Synonyms
betasten
befühlen
den Eindruck haben
erkennen lassen
Gewahr werden
wahr nehmen
tief empfinden
mit den Sinnen erfassen
mitmachen, teilnehmen, beteiligen
Erfahrung machen
das Gefühl haben
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfyːlən/
Etymology
From Old High German fuolen, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).
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