genug
Meaning
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enough, sufficient, an adequate number or amount of
Concepts
Synonyms
in Maßen
übersatt
ziemlich viel
sattsam
es reicht
am liebsten
Frequency
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. Further Indo-European cognates: Latin nancīscor (“to get, to obtain”), Slovene nesti (“to carry”), Albanian kënaq (“to satisfy”).
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