Binse

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German bineʒ, from Old High German binuz, from Proto-West Germanic *binut. The idiom “in die Binsen gehen” is explained from the idea of hunted game being lost when the deer has alighted in the plants. It occurs also with Wicken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɪnzə/ Hyphenation: Bin‧se === Noun === Binse f (genitive Binse, plural Binsen) bent, rush (grass) ellipsis of Binsenweisheit (regional, colloquial) state of failure, wreckedness, almost exclusively in the following construction: Der Motor ist in die Binsen gegangen. ― The motor has given up. Das Geld ist in die Binsen gegangen. ― The money is gone. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Binse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Binse” in Duden online Binsen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de