genug

== German == === Alternative forms === genung, gnung (archaic, dialectal) === Etymology === From Middle High German genuoc, from Old High German ginuog, from Proto-West Germanic *ganōg, from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz. Cognate with Dutch genoeg, Low German (ge)noog, English enough, West Frisian genôch, Danish nok, Swedish nog. Further Indo-European cognates: Latin nancīscor (“to get, to obtain”), Slovene nesti (“to carry”), Albanian kënaq (“to satisfy”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈnuːk/ (standard) IPA(key): /ɡəˈnʊx/ (northern and central Germany; now chiefly colloquial) Rhymes: -uːk === Determiner === genug (invariable) enough, sufficient, an adequate number or amount of ==== Usage notes ==== Genug can never follow an article or another determiner. Moreover, it is commonly used after the referent for emphasis: Sie haben Geld genug! (“They have money enough!”) === Pronoun === genug (invariable) enough, an adequate number or amount ==== Usage notes ==== Genug can be followed and preceded by a genitive as in genug der Worte, rarer der Worte genug. === Adverb === genug enough, sufficiently, in an adequate way === Adjective === genug (strong nominative masculine singular genuger, not comparable) (colloquial) enough, sufficient, in an adequate way ==== Usage notes ==== In colloquial German, genug can be declined in expressions like: ein groß genuges Zimmer (“a big enough room”). When used as an adjective, genug must follow another adjective, similar to its use as an adverb. In the standard language proper, ausreichend will be used instead, which precedes the adjective: ein ausreichend großes Zimmer (“a sufficiently big room”). ==== Declension ==== === Interjection === genug! enough! Genug! Hör auf mit diesem Unsinn! ― Enough! Quit this nonsense! ==== Synonyms ==== (enough, sufficient): genügend, ausreichend, adequat ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “enough, sufficient”): ungenügend, unzureichend, inadequat ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “genug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache Friedrich Kluge (1883), “genug”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 “genug” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. === References ===