Meaning

Opposite of
ungenau
Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

genau

Zürich

Zürich

gnau

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

genau

Fribourg

Fribourg

gnau

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

akuraat

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

brezyys

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gnau

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

juscht

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

juschtemänt

Appenzell Innerrhoden

Appenzell Innerrhoden

gnau

Fribourg

Fribourg

rächt

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

tùtsch

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grad

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

mol

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

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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