Masculine
onzin
nonsense
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Etymology
In summary
From Middle Dutch onsin (“absurd”), a calque of French non-sens (“nonsense”), equivalent to on- (“un-, not”) + zin (“sense”). Compare English nonsense, German Unsinn (“nonsense”).
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