prägnant
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
Adjective edit
prägnant (strong nominative masculine singular prägnanter, comparative prägnanter, superlative am prägnantesten)
- meaningful and concise; to the point; apposite; pithy
- Synonyms: aussagekräftig, treffend
Declension edit
Positive forms of prägnant
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