genau

== Franco-Provençal == === Noun === genau (Old Bressan) alternative form of genoly (“knee”) === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “genŭcŭlum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 113 == German == === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈnaʊ̯/ Rhymes: -aʊ̯ === Adjective === genau (strong nominative masculine singular genauer, comparative genauer, superlative am genauesten or am genausten) exact Synonym: exakt Antonym: ungenau ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Genauigkeit haargenau, punktgenau, zielgenau ungenau === Adverb === genau just, exactly Antonym: ungenau ==== Derived terms ==== genauso === See also === stimmt === Further reading === “genau” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “genau” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon === Anagrams === Genua == Welsh == === 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 plural of gên === Mutation ===