Example: Diese Erklärung ergibt in diesem Zusammenhang keinen Sinn.
Definition
"Keinen Sinn ergeben" means to lack logical meaning or coherence in a particular context, indicating that something does not make sense or fails to be reasonable or understandable, as in the phrase, "Diese Erklärung ergibt in diesem Zusammenhang keinen Sinn."
The phrase "keinen Sinn ergeben" combines the German words 'keinen' (no), 'Sinn' (sense or meaning), and 'ergeben' (to result or yield). It literally means 'to yield no sense,' reflecting how something fails to produce understandable meaning. The expression has been used in German for centuries to describe situations or statements that do not logically add up.
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