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German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English common sense, mid-18th c.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌkɔmənˈsɛns/, /ˈkɔmənˌsɛns/
Noun
Common Sense m (strong, genitive Common Sense, no plural)
- common sense
- Synonyms: gesunder Menschenverstand, (obsolete) Gemeinsinn
2024 April 9, Susanne Schwarz, “Klimaschutz ist Menschenrecht”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:Und Industrieländer wie die Schweiz tun zwar nicht nichts dagegen, aber natürlich deutlich zu wenig. Das ist mehr oder weniger Common Sense.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2025 April 6, Stefan Reinecke, “Wer kann die vakante Stelle des Machtzentrums füllen?”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:War nicht gerade noch allgemein abgenickter Common Sense, dass von der politisch erstarrten EU, die auch noch massiv von Rechtspopulisten unter Beschuss steht, nicht viel zu erwarten ist?- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Common Sense
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