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die Intuition

intuition, gut feeling

Meine Intuition sagt mir, dass etwas nicht stimmt.

My intuition tells me that something is wrong.

Er handelte aus reiner Intuition.

He acted out of pure intuition.

to have an intuition to have an intuition She had the intuition to take the other path.

to trust one's intuition to trust one's intuition You should trust your intuition.

Synonyms: Bauchgefühl (gut feeling), Eingebung (inspiration), Instinkt (instinct)

From Latin 'intuitio' (a looking at, contemplation), from 'intueri' (to look at, consider).

It's a cognate of the English 'intuition'. Nouns ending in '-tion' in German are almost always feminine (die).

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