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German
Etymology
From stumpf + Sinn.
Noun
Stumpfsinn m (strong, genitive Stumpfsinnes or Stumpfsinns, plural Stumpfsinne)
- absentmindedness; indifference; mental dullness; dopiness
- Synonym: Zerstreutheit
1924, Thomas Mann, Der Zauberberg [The Magic Mountain], volume 2, Berlin: S. Fischer, page 382:Peeperkorn wandte sich sogleich der Tafelrunde zu. Es war richtig: Demoralisation, Lethargie, Stumpfsinn hatten um sich gegriffen; die Gäste trieben Allotria wie eine unbeaufsichtigte Schulklasse.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- monotony; tedium; boringness
- (rare) stupidity; nonsense
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