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Same in German. A lot of people say "Das macht Sinn", which is a literal translation of "That makes sense." But "Sinn machen" is implausible in German because "

Same in German. A lot of people say "Das macht Sinn", which is a literal translation of "That makes sense." But "Sinn machen" is implausible in German because "machen" is more like "to manufacture". I used to get worked up over it, but I talked to a linguist about it and he encouraged me to just let it go: That's just how languages develop.

germanier 8y ago
You might be interested in this five-part series on this expression that meticoulsy lays out that (even though it might be an import from English) it fits perfectly well into how such expressions are constructed in German and it isn't really implausible (especially in the third post). https://www.iaas.uni-bremen.de/sprachblog/2007/10/01/sinnesfreuden-i/ https://www.iaas.uni-bremen.de/sprachblog/2007/10/01/sinnesf...