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German
Etymology
Partially from Middle High German genuhtsam, Old High German ginuhtsam from a noun ginuht f, but mostly secondarily after genugsam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈnyːkzaːm/, /ɡəˈnyːkzam/
Adjective
genügsam (strong nominative masculine singular genügsamer, comparative genügsamer, superlative am genügsamsten)
- Obsolete form of genugsam (“sufficient”).
- frugal, austere
- modest (in one’s demands), contented (with what one has)
Declension
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Further reading
- “genügsam” in Duden online
- “genügsam” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “genügsam” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon