genügen
German, verb/ɡəˈnyː.ɡn̩/
genügen is spelled G-E-N-Ü-G-E-N (7 letters) and appears 6.2 times per million words in written German, the 10,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Genügen is a German verb meaning “to suffice, to be enough” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “für einen bestimmten Zweck in ausreichendem Maß zur Verfügung stehen”.
What does genügen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suffice, to be enough
Wenige Regeln genügen für ein funktionierendes Spiel.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. für einen bestimmten Zweck in ausreichendem Maß zur Verfügung stehen 2. bestimmte Anforderungen erfüllen
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 genügen
- genügt present singular third-person
- genügte past
- haben auxiliary
- genügend participle present
- genüge first-person indicative present
- genügst indicative present second-person
- genügest second-person singular subjunctive
- genüget plural second-person subjunctive
- genügten first-person indicative plural
- genügtest indicative preterite second-person
- genügtet indicative plural preterite
- genüg imperative second-person singular
- habe genügt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben genügt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- genüge! imperative singular
- genüg! imperative singular
- genügt! imperative plural
- genügt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce genügen?
- /ɡəˈnyː.ɡn̩/
- [ɡəˈnyː.ɡŋ̍]
- [ɡəˈnyːɡn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to genügen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is genügen in German?
genügen appears 6.2 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).