onzin
Meaning
nonsense
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Etymology
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”).
Improve your pronunciation
Start learning Dutch with learnfeliz.
Practice speaking and memorizing "onzin" and many other words and sentences in Dutch.
Go to our Dutch course page