German-English translation for "Wortsinn"

"Wortsinn" English translation

Wortsinn
Maskulinum | masculine m

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lexical meaning, sense of a word
  • lexical meaning, sense of a (oder | orod the) word
    Wortsinn Sprachwissenschaft | linguisticsLING
    Wortsinn Sprachwissenschaft | linguisticsLING
examples
  • im (echten) Wortsinn wörtlich gemeint
    in the literal sense of the word
    im (echten) Wortsinn wörtlich gemeint
We are talking about corruption in the proper sense of the word, whereas mistakes are unintentional.
Wir sprechen hier über Korruption im eigentlichen Wortsinn, während Fehler unbeabsichtigt sind.
Source: Europarl
Blair will then have triumphed in almost the classical sense of that word.
Blair würde dann als der große Triumphator im beinahe klassischen Wortsinn dastehen.
Source: News-Commentary
Please note that I mean human rights in the fullest sense of the term!
Den Begriff Menschenrechte benutze ich wohlgemerkt in seinem vollen Wortsinn!
Source: Europarl
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