genau

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German genoue, genouwe, geneuwe (narrow, close, exact), from ge- + nou(we) (narrow, close, exact), from Old High German *hnouw (narrow, close), from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz. Cognate with Middle Low German nouwe, nau (narrow, brief, exact), Dutch nauw (narrow, close), Old English hnēaw (niggardly, miserly, stingy), Old Norse hnøggr (niggardly, stingy, scant). More at niggardly.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈnaʊ̯/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯
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Adjective

genau (strong nominative masculine singular genauer, comparative genauer, superlative am genauesten or am genausten)

  1. exact
    Synonym: exakt
    Antonym: ungenau

Declension

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Adverb

genau

  1. just, exactly
    Antonym: ungenau

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See also

Further reading

  • genau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • genau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Anagrams

Welsh

Pronunciation

Noun

genau

  1. plural of gên

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
genau enau ngenau unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.