Usage examples of "im Sinn" in German with translation to English

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Ich hatte nichts Böses im Sinn. I meant no harm.
Er hatte nichts Böses im Sinn. He meant no harm.
Was hast du im Sinn? What do you have in mind?
Sie hatte nichts Böses im Sinn. She meant no harm.
Wir hatten nichts Böses im Sinn. We meant no harm.
Er hat immer Unsinn im Sinn He's full of mischief
Wenn es einen Markt für Sätze gäbe, würden unsere grammatischen Spekulationen plötzlich Sinn ergeben. If there existed a market for sentences, our grammatical speculations would suddenly make sense.
Er war so verwirrt, dass seine Antwort keinen Sinn ergab. He was so confused that his answer did not make any sense.
Dieser Satz macht keinen Sinn. This sentence doesn't make sense.
Diese Nachricht ergibt keinen Sinn. This message doesn't make sense.
Es hat keinen Sinn, es noch einmal zu versuchen. It is no use trying again.
Das ist mir noch nicht einmal in den Sinn gekommen. It didn’t even cross my mind.
Aristoteles behauptete, dass Frauen weniger Zähne als Männer hätten; obgleich er zweimal verheiratet war, kam es ihm nie in den Sinn, diese Behauptung durch eine Untersuchung der Münder seiner Frauen zu überprüfen. Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.
Das ergibt Sinn. That makes sense.
Was du sagst, ergibt keinen Sinn. What you say does not make any sense to me.
Gäbe es einen Markt für Sätze, würden unsere grammatischen Spekulationen mi einem Mal einen Sinn ergeben. If there existed a market for sentences, our grammatical speculations would suddenly make sense.
Seine Witze ergeben keinen Sinn. His jokes make no sense.
Es hat keinen Sinn, darauf zu warten, dass er kommt. It's no use waiting for him to come.
Traditionen ergeben gar keinen Sinn mehr. Traditions no longer make any sense.
Für viele scheint es unbegreiflich zu sein, dass man das Leben lieben kann, obwohl man keinen Sinn darin sieht. For many, it seems to be ungraspable that one can love life without seeing any point in it.
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