genau

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”). More at niggardly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈnaʊ̯/
• Rhymes: -aʊ̯

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Adjective

genau (comparative genauer, superlative am genauesten or am genausten)

1. exact

Synonyms

• exakt

Antonyms

• ungenau

Derived terms

• Genauigkeit
• haargenau, punktgenau, zielgenau
• ungenau

Adverb

genau

1. just, exactly

Antonyms

• ungenau

Derived terms

• genauso

See also

• stimmt