See also: prægnant

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French prégnant (meaningful”, originally “pregnant), from Latin praegnans (pregnant). The sense of the German adjective is not far from the French, but its particulars may have developed under influence of unrelated prägen (compare especially einprägsam).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pʁɛˈɡnant/, /pʁe-/
  • Rhymes: -ant
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Adjective edit

prägnant (strong nominative masculine singular prägnanter, comparative prägnanter, superlative am prägnantesten)

  1. meaningful and concise; to the point; apposite; pithy
    Synonyms: aussagekräftig, treffend

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Further reading edit

  • prägnant” in Duden online
  • prägnant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache