genügen
Meaning
to suffice, to be enough
Concepts
Synonyms
hinreichen
zureichen
genug sein
wert sein
hinlangen
Genüge tun
gereichen
zufrieden sein
keine Schwierigkeit haben
Translations
suffire
voldoen
bastar
bastare
bastar
yetmek
يكفيFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
due
Basel-Landschaft
länge
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈnyː.ɡn̩/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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