genug
German, determiner/ɡəˈnuːk/
genug is spelled G-E-N-U-G (5 letters) and appears 224 times per million words in written German, the 393rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genug is a German determiner meaning “enough, sufficient, an adequate number or amount of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does genug mean in English?
determiner
- 1
enough, sufficient, an adequate number or amount of
Wir haben nicht genug Geld.
pronoun
- 1
enough, an adequate number or amount
Das ist genug.
adverb
- 1
enough, sufficiently, in an adequate way
Die Kinder haben genug gespielt.
adjective
- 1
colloquialenough, sufficient, in an adequate way
interjection
- 1
enough!
Genug! Hör auf mit diesem Unsinn!
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. ausreichend 2. einen bestimmten maximalen Wert erreichend
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 genug
- genung alternative archaic dialectal
- gnung alternative archaic dialectal
- genuger masculine nominative singular
- genuge feminine nominative singular
- genuges neuter nominative singular
- genugen genitive masculine singular
- genugem dative masculine singular
- der genuge definite includes-article masculine
- die genuge definite feminine includes-article
- das genuge definite includes-article neuter
- die genugen definite includes-article nominative
- des genugen definite genitive includes-article
- der genugen definite feminine genitive
- dem genugen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce genug?
- standard /ɡəˈnuːk/
- /ɡəˈnʊx/
- [ɡəˈnuːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to genug
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is genug in German?
genug appears 224 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).