A layman's English translation for the German word: "Fingerspitzengefühl"; Fingerspitzengefühl ˈfɪŋɐˌʃpɪtsənɡəˌfy l is a German term, literally meaning "finger tips feeling" and meaning intuitive flair or instinct, which has been adopted by the English language as a loanword. It describes a great situational awareness, and the ability to respond most appropriately and tactfully. A physical skill appearing to be controlled by the nerves in the extremities, as in a machinist hand lathing steel to micrometer tolerances.
In military terminology, it is used for the stated ability of some military commanders, to describe "the instinctive and immediate response to battle situations", a quality needed to maintain, with great accuracy and attention to detail, an ever-changing operational and tactical situation by maintaining a mental map of the battlefield. The idiom is intended to evoke a military commander who is in such intimate communication with the battlefield that it is as though he has a fingertip on each critical point. In this sense the term is synonymous with the English expression of "keeping one's finger on the pulse", and was expressed in the 18th and 19th centuries as "having a feel for combat".
In military terminology, it is used for the stated ability of some military commanders, to describe "the instinctive and immediate response to battle situations", a quality needed to maintain, with great accuracy and attention to detail, an ever-changing operational and tactical situation by maintaining a mental map of the battlefield. The idiom is intended to evoke a military commander who is in such intimate communication with the battlefield that it is as though he has a fingertip on each critical point. In this sense the term is synonymous with the English expression of "keeping one's finger on the pulse", and was expressed in the 18th and 19th centuries as "having a feel for combat".
The machinist used his fingerschnitzel to tell whether or not my engine was needing to be torn down or could be reused.
I don't like the fingerschnitzel (something feels wrong)
I trusted my fingerschnitzel and now it runs perfect.
Q: What is fingerschnitzel? A: It's like Spiderman's "spidey sense" but for humans.
I don't like the fingerschnitzel (something feels wrong)
I trusted my fingerschnitzel and now it runs perfect.
Q: What is fingerschnitzel? A: It's like Spiderman's "spidey sense" but for humans.
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