own senses

language: de

definitions

  1. The individual perceptual faculties (such as sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell) that belong specifically to a particular person.
    de: Eigene Sinne
  2. A person's personal judgment, intuition, or rational faculty, often used when contrasting internal understanding with external advice or societal pressure.
    de: Persönliches Urteilsvermögen
  3. Used in expressions like 'come to one's own senses' to describe recovering from a state of confusion, shock, intoxication, or unconsciousness and returning to normal awareness or rationality.
    de: zu sich kommen

examples

  1. She decided to trust her own senses rather than listen to the rumors.

    Sie entschied sich, ihren eigenen Sinnen zu vertrauen, anstatt den Gerüchten zu glauben.

  2. After years of following industry trends, he finally started relying on his own senses.

    Nachdem er jahrelang Branchentrends gefolgt war, begann er schließlich, sich auf seine eigenen Sinne zu verlassen.

  3. It took a sudden cold shower to bring him back to his own senses after the startling news.

    Nach der erschreckenden Nachricht half ihm eine plötzliche kalte Dusche, wieder zu sich zu kommen.