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German
Etymology
spüren + Sinn
Pronunciation
Noun
Spürsinn m (strong, genitive Spürsinnes or Spürsinns, plural Spürsinne)
- (hunting) nose
- (figurative) instinct, intuition
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess, Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:„Ich muß mir natürlich die Sache noch überlegen,“ sagte der Onkel, „du mußt bedenken, daß ich jetzt schon 20 Jahre fast ununterbrochen auf dem Lande bin, dabei läßt der Spürsinn in diesen Richtungen nach.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Spürsinn” in Duden online
- “Spürsinn” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache