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genau

adj · /ɡəˈnaʊ̯/ ·
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”).

Translation

  1. exact

    Ich mag es nicht, wenn Mathematiker, die viel mehr als ich wissen, sich nicht genau ausdrücken können.

    I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves explicitly.

    Ich mag es nicht, wenn Mathematiker, die viel mehr als ich wissen, sich nicht genau ausdrücken können.

    I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves clearly.

    Wo genau aus Kanada kommst du her?

    Where are you from in Canada?

  2. accurate source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. accurate source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. that's it source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  5. particular source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en

genau

adv · /ɡəˈnaʊ̯/ ·
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”).

Translation

  1. just, exactly
  2. accurately source:wikdict-en-de-stardict

genau

intj ·

Translation

  1. indeed source:wikdict-en-de-stardict