Vernunft

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vernunft, from Old High German vernumft. Verbal noun of vernehmen. The second part of the word is Middle High German numft, from Old High German numft, from Proto-West Germanic *numþi (“taking”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈnʊnft/ === Noun === Vernunft f (genitive Vernunft, no plural) reason, good sense Synonyms: Einsicht, Ratio, Verstand, Verständigkeit ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Vernunft” in Duden online “Vernunft”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) Vernunft on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de