genugtun

German

Etymology

From Middle High German genuoc tuon, calque of Latin satisfacere (“to satisfy”). By surface analysis, genug (“enough”) +‎ tun (“to do”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈnuːkˌtuːn/
  • Hyphenation: ge‧nug‧tun
  • Audio(file)

Verb

genugtun (irregular, third-person singular present tut genug, past tense tat genug, past participle genuggetan, past subjunctive täte genug, auxiliary haben)

  1. (dated) to satisfy

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “genugtun” in Duden online
  • “genugtun” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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