genügen

Signification

to suffice, to be enough

Fréquence

Coupé comme

ge‧nü‧gen

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɡəˈnyː.ɡn̩/

Étymologie

From Middle High German genüegen, from Old High German ginuogen, from Proto-West Germanic *ganōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgijaną, from the adjective Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognate with Dutch genoegen, Icelandic nægja and Norwegian Nynorsk nøye.