genau

Noun

genau (Old Bressan)

1. alternative form of genoly (“knee”)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “genŭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 113

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

Adverb

genau

1. just, exactly

   Antonym: ungenau

See also

• stimmt

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Genua

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): (formal) /ˈɡɛnaɨ̯/, (colloquial) /ˈɡɛna/
• (South Wales) (formal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛnai̯/, /ˈɡeːnai̯/; (colloquial) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛnɛ/, /ˈɡeːnɛ/;
• Rhymes: -ɛnaɨ̯

Noun

genau

1. plural of gên

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