German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

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

  1. exact
    Synonym: exakt
    Antonym: ungenau

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Adverb edit

genau

  1. just, exactly
    Antonym: ungenau

Derived terms edit

See also edit

Further reading edit

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

Anagrams edit

Welsh edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

genau

  1. plural of gên

Mutation edit

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.