angenehm
German edit
Etymology edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
angenehm (strong nominative masculine singular angenehmer, comparative angenehmer, superlative am angenehmsten)
- pleasant
- short for 'pleased to meet you'
- Angenehm, Ihre Bekanntschaft zu machen. ([It is] pleasant to make your acquaintance.)
Declension edit
Positive forms of angenehm
Comparative forms of angenehm
Superlative forms of angenehm
Antonyms edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- “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