genügen

German

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈnyː.ɡn̩/, [ɡəˈnyː.ɡŋ̍]
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  • Hyphenation: ge‧nü‧gen

Verb

genügen (weak, third-person singular present genügt, past tense genügte, past participle genügt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, intransitive, with dative) to suffice, to do enough, to be enough
    Synonyms: auslangen, ausreichen, genug tun, hinlangen, langen, reichen
    Wenige Regeln genügen für ein funktionierendes Spiel.
    Few rules are enough for a functioning game.

Conjugation

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Further reading
  • “genügen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “genügen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “genügen” in Duden online
  • “genügen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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