genau
German, adjective/ɡəˈnaʊ̯/
genau is spelled G-E-N-A-U (5 letters) and appears 447 times per million words in written German, the 211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genau is a German adjective meaning “exact” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gründlich und sorgfältig, was das Einhalten von selbstgesetzten oder fremden Regeln betrifft”.
What does genau mean in English?
adjective
- 1
exact
adverb
- 1
just, exactly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gründlich und sorgfältig, was das Einhalten von selbstgesetzten oder fremden Regeln betrifft 2. um nichts abweichend; exakt zutreffend; auf den Punkt exakt so
particle: 1. Zustimmung ausdrückend, die Aussage oder Frage bestätigend 2. Füllwort zur Selbstbestätigung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of genau
- genauer masculine nominative singular
- am genauesten superlative
- am genausten superlative
- genaue feminine nominative singular
- genaues neuter nominative singular
- genauen genitive masculine singular
- genauem dative masculine singular
- der genaue definite includes-article masculine
- die genaue definite feminine includes-article
- das genaue definite includes-article neuter
- die genauen definite includes-article nominative
- des genauen definite genitive includes-article
- der genauen definite feminine genitive
- dem genauen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce genau?
- /ɡəˈnaʊ̯/
- [ɡəˈnaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to genau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is genau in German?
genau appears 447 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).