känsel

Derived from känna (“to feel, to touch, to perceive”), used since the 1600s.^[1] Cognate with Danish kendsel, Norwegian Bokmål kjensel, Norwegian Nynorsk kjensel and Icelandic kensl.

• IPA^(key): [ˈɕɛnsəl]

känsel c (uncountable)

1. touch, the sense used to detect physical contact

• känsla
• känna
• känning

• hörsel (“hearing”)
• syn (“sight”)
• smak (“taste”)
• lukt (“smell”)
• tanke (“thought”)