den Sinn erfassen

to grasp the meaning or significance

Türkçe: anlamını kavramak

Noun

Sinn m.

Verb

erfassen

Topic

Gefühle und Geist

In a sentence

Die Studentin erfasst den Sinn des komplexen Gedichts.

How it is used

Means to grasp the meaning or significance. Formal register. Used in a seminar: 'Die Studenten erfassten den Sinn des Textes.' Implies deep understanding, not surface-level.

Other verbs that go with Sinn

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• im Sinn habento have something in mind
• nicht aus dem Sinn gehena thought or worry persistently occupies your mind
• den Sinn verfehlento miss the intended meaning or point
• (k)einen Sinn ergebento make sense or be logical
• im Sinn behaltento keep something in mind for future reference

All collocations with Sinn

Other collocations built on erfassen

• Daten erfassento capture or record data
• die Lage erfassento grasp the situation