genau
Sentences
Meaning
Concepts
Opposite of
ungenau
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
genau
Zürich
gnau
Appenzell Innerrhoden
genau
Fribourg
gnau
Basel-Landschaft
akuraat
Basel-Landschaft
brezyys
Basel-Landschaft
gnau
Basel-Landschaft
juscht
Basel-Landschaft
juschtemänt
Appenzell Innerrhoden
gnau
Fribourg
rächt
St. Gallen
tùtsch
Basel-Landschaft
grad
Basel-Landschaft
mol
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈnaʊ̯/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German genoue, genouwe, geneuwe (“narrow, close, exact”), from ge- + nou(we) (“narrow, close, exact”), from Old High German *hnouw (“narrow, close”), from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz. Cognate with Middle Low German nouwe, nau (“narrow, brief, exact”), Dutch nauw (“narrow, close”), Old English hnēaw (“niggardly, miserly, stingy”), Old Norse hnøggr (“niggardly, stingy, scant”). More at niggardly.
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