prägnant

Betekenis (Engels)

meaningful and concise; to the point; apposite; pithy

Dialekte

Kanton Basel-Land

Kanton Basel-Land

drääf

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/pʁɛˈɡnant/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

Borrowed from French prégnant (“meaningful”, originally “pregnant”), from Latin praegnans (“pregnant”). The sense of the German adjective is not far from the French, but its particulars may have developed under influence of unrelated prägen (compare especially einprägsam).

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