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genau - Wiktionary

genau
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Contents
1 German
1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Adjective
1.3.1 Declension
1.3.2 Synonyms
1.3.3 Antonyms
1.3.4 Derived terms
1.4 Adverb
1.4.1 Antonyms
1.4.2 Derived terms
1.5 See also

German
Etymology
From Middle High German genouwe, genah, geneuwe (narrow, close, exact), from ge- + nou(we), n(we)
(narrow, close, exact), from Old High German *nw (narrow, close), from Proto-Germanic *hnawwaz,
*hnwwaz (narrow, close), from Proto-Indo-European *knew- (to scratch, scrape). Cognate with Middle
Low German nouwe, nau (narrow, brief, exact), Dutch nauw (narrow, close), Old English hnaw (niggardly,
miserly, stingy), Old Norse hnggr (niggardly, stingy, scant). More at niggardly.

Pronunciation
Rhymes: -a
IPA(key): /na
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Adjective
genau (comparative genauer, superlative am genauesten or genausten)
1. exact
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Declension
Positive forms of genau

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Synonyms
exakt
Antonyms
ungenau
Derived terms
Genauigkeit

Adverb
genau
1. just, exactly
Antonyms
ungenau
Derived terms
genauso

See also
stimmt
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