"Das ist sinnvoll."

Translation: That makes sense.

[moz.]

This is silly, but I find it funny that the German word for "sensible" sounds like "sinful" in English. ;)

[polomare]

LOL. I thought that too. But you can remember it like this: "voll" is like "full" and "sinn" is like "sense", so the word is like "sensefull" or full of sense. Heehee.

[ShadiHemid]

der Sinn means the mind , so it does make sense
cus it's full of mind = sinnvoll .

[Elanwer]

It does make sense..
Danke :)

[dr4chen]

I thought mind was "Gedanken"? Are they synonyms?

[Cezille07]

"Gedanken" is "thoughts", I believe.

[TheSnark]

Ich habe etwas im Sinn = I have something on my mind

[limors47]

I'm choosing to remember it as "being sinful is sensible".

[Erik109915]

Not only it sounds like it, voll means full

[mgrattan]

That makes two... gotta love false cognates

[AnthonyFrancis01]

Who else thought it was "That is sinfull"?

[lucas766990]

Me

[korbei]

Ironic. Sensible sounds like sinful.

[Witcher.]

Could it also be 'mindfull'? Because Sinn- Mind, Voll-Full
Flawless logic, I know.

[mz147]

No. mindful ist achtsam. Think of der Sinn as sense, rather than plain mind. Like center of rationality. mind in mindful is not in the sense of rational, but awake, careful.

[Bencloete]

I said logical and got it wrong :(

[Bentley4]

"Das macht Sinn" vs "Das ist sinnvoll," can they both be used interchangeably?

[Pfrdy]

Yes. But please say "Das ergibt Sinn." "Das macht Sinn" has been colloquially adopted from English, but is not really correct. (In the German language you can say: "there is" a sense, it "follows" a sense or a sense can "be given". It means things don't make sense on their own - only YOU have to make sense of things.)

[scshissler]

Could it be That is sensible?

[bynny2015]

Yes, it marked "That is sensible" as correct.

[Bao83]

Reasonable or sensible ? Quite not the same meaning to me. I am french and sensible also may be used for something you can grasp physically (more than intellectually).

[Italeta1]

Is "thoughtful" too much of a stretch, or is there a different word in German that more closely relates to that?

[tomerisrael]

Does it mean - "it makes sense"?

[emalah]

"That makes sense" is accepted. So I think it would have to be es, sie or er for "it".

[ACardAttack]

Das is used for the/that/this when not directly before a noun

[mutilatedmelon]

I said, "That is senseful." Correct or no?

[V2Blast]

"senseful" is not a word.

[Deutsch_Brot]

Would "That is logical." be correct? It was marked as incorrect by Duolingo, but making sense and being logical are the same, no? Is there a separate word for "logical"?

[doctortrax]

Das ist logisch, I think. But making sense and being logical are not necessarily synonymous.

[Deutsch_Brot]

Thank you!

[Voreinstellung]

Sinn Vs. Sinnvoll?

[EdTyrone]

From what I've gotten,

Sinn = Noun - sense, meaning, significance
sinnvoll = Adjective - sensible, meaningful, reasonable

[Pulverkuss]

Can sinnvoll also be "thoughtful"?

[BlazingFast]

The correct answer provided is "This is useful", which doesn't seem to be equivalent to nutzlich.

Useful =/= sensible. Is this something to report?

[Daniel171027]

I said that does make sense instead of that makes sense and it docked me

[banishdemons]

Can a person be sinnvoll (i.e. a character trait?)

[LeonardSch3]

Could I not also say: 'Das hat Sinn' ?

[Amr261562]

it is sensible

[alextoliver]

I tried "that is practical" but it was not accepted. Why is it wrong?

[EdgarKHXZ7]

"senseful"

[tim724808]

DL has als accepted 'That is meaningful'.

[BruceMille527997]

I'm saying sinvoll correctly but it doesn't register

[MederickDu3]

ja