genügsam
See also: genugsam
German
Alternative forms
- genügsahm, gnügsam, gnügsahm
Etymology
Partially from Middle High German genuhtsam, Old High German ginuhtsam from a noun ginuht f, but mostly secondarily after genugsam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈnyːkzaːm/, /ɡəˈnyːkzam/
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Adjective
genügsam (strong nominative masculine singular genügsamer, comparative genügsamer, superlative am genügsamsten)
- obsolete form of genugsam (“sufficient”)
- frugal, austere
- modest (in one’s demands), contented (with what one has)
Declension
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Derived terms
- Genügsamkeit
- selbstgenügsam
- ungenügsam