angenehm

an +‎ genehm, from Old High German nami [1], ultimately from the same root as nehmen. Compare Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste, “salutations (to you)”) for similar semantic development from the same Proto-Indo-European root.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔanɡəˌneːm/; IPA^(key): [ˈʔaŋɡəˌneːm]

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• Hyphenation: an‧ge‧nehm

angenehm (strong nominative masculine singular angenehmer, comparative angenehmer, superlative am angenehmsten)

1. pleasant
2. short for 'pleased to meet you'

   Angenehm, Ihre Bekanntschaft zu machen. ([It is] pleasant to make your acquaintance.)

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• “angenehm” in Duden online
• “angenehm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “angenehm”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891