Geschmackssinn
German, noun/ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn/
Geschmackssinn is spelled G-E-S-C-H-M-A-C-K-S-S-I-N-N (14 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geschmackssinn is a German masculine noun meaning “gustatory sense, sense of taste” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Fähigkeit von Menschen und Tieren mit der Zunge den Geschmack von etwas wahrzunehmen”.
What does Geschmackssinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegustatory sense, sense of taste
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Fähigkeit von Menschen und Tieren mit der Zunge den Geschmack von etwas wahrzunehmen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Geschmackssinn
- Geschmackssinnes genitive
- Geschmackssinns genitive
- Geschmackssinne plural
- Geschmackssinnen dative definite plural
- Geschmacksinn variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geschmackssinn?
- /ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn/
- [ɡəˈʃmaksˌzɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Geschmackssinn in German?
Geschmackssinn appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).