förnuft — meaning in English

English meaning

• nous noun Practical common sense; the ability to think and act sensibly.
• reason noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
• sanity noun The state of having a healthy, rational mind.
• sense noun One of the physical faculties — sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch — through which the body perceives the world.

Senses

förnuft is used for these senses in English:

• reason (uncountable) Rational thinking (or the capacity for it); the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition.
• sanity The condition of being sane.
• sanity Reasonable and rational behaviour.
• sense Sound practical or moral judgment.

reason — full definition

1. noun A cause or explanation for something; the motive behind an action.
2. noun The ability to think logically and make judgments; rational thought.
3. verb To think through something logically in order to reach a conclusion.

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