Sinn
German, noun
Sinn is spelled S-I-N-N (4 letters) and appears 107 times per million words in written German, the 802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sinn is a German masculine noun meaning “sense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, sinn is a different word: “singular imperative of sinnen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bestimmte physiologische Fähigkeit zur Wahrnehmung von etwas”.
What does Sinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesense
ein Sinn für Humor
- 2
masculinemeaning, sense (the objects or concept that a word or phrase denotes, or that which a sentence says)
in diesem Sinne
- 3
masculinepoint, idea, tenor
- 4
masculinemind, consciousness
in den Sinn kommen
- 5
masculinefeeling
- 6
masculinesense, sensus, aesthesia
verb
- 1
singular imperative of sinnen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bestimmte physiologische Fähigkeit zur Wahrnehmung von etwas 2. innere Beziehung, Verständnis einer Person für eine Sache 3. Zustand, Ausrichtung der Gedanken einer Person 4. die Bedeutungen und Vorstellungen, die sich mit einem sprachlichen Ausdruck verbinden
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 Sinn
- Sinnes genitive
- Sinns genitive
- Sinne plural
- Sinnen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sinn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sinn in German?
Sinn appears 107 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).