genügen

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German genüegen, from Old High German ginuogen, from Proto-West Germanic *ganōgijan, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgijaną, from the adjective Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nóḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”). Cognate with Dutch genoegen, Icelandic nægja and Norwegian Nynorsk nøye. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈnyː.ɡn̩/, [ɡəˈnyː.ɡŋ̍] Hyphenation: ge‧nü‧gen === Verb === genügen (weak, third-person singular present genügt, past tense genügte, past participle genügt, auxiliary haben) (intransitive) to suffice, to be enough [with dative ‘for someone/something’] Synonyms: auslangen, ausreichen, genug tun, hinlangen, langen, reichen ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “genügen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “genügen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “genügen” in Duden online “genügen” in OpenThesaurus.de