German Senses Words

to see

observe

hear

look at

look

view

observe

taste

tongue

smell

hearing

sense of smell

ear canal

sense of taste

cornea

nostril

retina

pupil

sense of touch

eardrum

fingertip

sense of hearing; auditory sense

optic nerve

sense of sight; visual sense

sense organ

burning sensation

tingling sensation

vision

stabbing pain

hearing ability

inner ear

outer ear

throbbing pain

pain threshold

numbness

sense of balance

iris (of the eye)

sensory stimulus

lacrimal gland

anosmia, loss of smell

colour blindness

short-sightedness, myopia

hearing impairment, hard of hearing

visual acuity

tinnitus

visual field

hearing range, earshot

light sensitivity, photosensitivity

long-sightedness, hyperopia

colour vision

olfactory perception, sense of smell

taste bud

vestibular organ, organ of balance

auditory nerve, vestibulocochlear nerve

neurotransmitter

receptor (sensory or cellular)

synapse

visual range, eyeshot

twilight vision, scotopic vision

cold stimulus

nasal mucosa, nasal lining

olfactory nerve

nociceptor, pain receptor

heat stimulus

olfactory mucosa

depth of field; (in vision) depth of focus

tactile receptor, touch receptor

proprioception, deep sensibility

colour vision deficiency, colour blindness

parosmia (distorted sense of smell)

rod (photoreceptor cell for dim-light vision)

synaesthesia (cross-sensing, e.g. 'hearing' colours)

lacrimal sac; under-eye bag

umami (the fifth basic taste; savoury)

accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)

semicircular canal (inner ear)

body odour; characteristic personal scent

olfactory receptor

hearing threshold, auditory threshold

auditory centre (brain region processing hearing)

night blindness, nyctalopia

olfaction, sense of smell

papilla (small projection on the tongue or skin)

age-related hearing loss, presbycusis

iris (of the eye)

visual centre (brain region processing sight)

cone (photoreceptor cell in the eye)

dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)

otolith (calcium crystal in the inner ear sensing linear acceleration)

thermoreceptor, heat receptor

ciliary muscle (controls lens curvature for focusing)