Gefühl
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Apparently not attested before the 17th century. Derived from ge- + fühlen; compare Gehör, Gesicht (both older). Perhaps a calque of Dutch gevoel. This is slightly earlier (16th c., doubtfully in 1450) and moreover Middle Dutch already made ample use of the nominalized infinitive gevoelen. Earlier High German words were Fühle f (now obsolete) and Fühlung (now in a different sense).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ɡəˈfyːl/
Audio (Berlin): (file) Audio (Germany): (file) Audio (Austria): (file) - Hyphenation: Ge‧fühl
Noun
[edit]Gefühl n (strong, genitive Gefühls or Gefühles, plural Gefühle)
- feeling (either physical sensation or emotion)
- Ein wohltuendes Gefühl kommt auf. ― A soothing feeling arises.
- Sie hat das Gefühl, dass du sauer auf sie bist.
- She has the feeling that [or: she feels that] you are angry at her.
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 99:
- Aber bald überkam sie ein Gefühl großer Hilflosigkeit, so völlig auf sich selbst gestellt zu sein in dieser schwersten Entscheidung.
- But soon she was overcome by a feeling of great helplessness, to be so entirely on her own in this most difficult decision.
- sense of something, instinct [with für]
Usage notes
[edit]- For the distinction between the phrases das Gefühl haben, dass and fühlen, dass, see the notes at fühlen.
Declension
[edit]Declension of Gefühl [neuter, strong]
Hyponyms
[edit]- Ballgefühl (“feel for the ball”) (dexterity, sports)
- Bauchgefühl
- Fingerspitzengefühl
- Hochgefühl (“feeling of elation, exhilaration”)
- Lebensgefühl
- Mitgefühl
- Schmerzgefühl (“feeling of pain”)
- Sprachgefühl
- Taktgefühl (“tact, sense of tact”)
- Wohlgefühl (“ease, sense of wellbeing”)
- Zeitgefühl (“track of time, sense of time”)
- Zugehörigkeitsgefühl
Derived terms
[edit]- Gefühligkeit (“sentimentality, mawkishness”)
- gefühllos
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Gefühl” in Duden online
- “Gefühl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Gefühl” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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