genug
Meaning
-
enough, sufficient, an adequate number or amount of
Concepts
Synonyms
in Maßen
übersatt
ziemlich viel
sattsam
es reicht
am liebsten
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
gnueg
Graubünden
gnuag
Appenzell Innerrhoden
gnueg
Basel-Landschaft
gnue
Basel-Landschaft
gnueg
Graubünden
gnueg
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈnuːk/
Etymology
From Middle High German genuoc, from Old High German ginuog, from Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz. Cognate with Dutch genoeg, Low German noog, English enough, West Frisian genôch, Danish nok, Swedish nog. The Proto-Germanic word is a compound of the prefix *ga- + unreflexed *nōgaz. The latter is derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“to reach, achieve, carry out”), a form of *h₂neḱ-. Further Indo-European cognates: Latin nancīscor (“to get, to obtain”), Slovene nesti (“to carry”), Albanian kënaq (“to satisfy”).
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