genügend
\ɡəˈnyːɡn̩t\
The verdict
“genügend” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suffisant (décliné selon les règles usuelles, forme de base comme attribut).
Corpus desk
Index FR-genugend · genügend · French
genügend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | genügend |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡəˈnyːɡn̩t\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
genügend is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡəˈnyːɡn̩t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for genügend, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is genügend, spelled G-E-N-Ü-G-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1Suffisant (décliné selon les règles usuelles, forme de base comme attribut).
- 2Suffisamment de, assez de (souvent invariable, parfois décliné aussi).
- 3Suffisant, évaluation scolaire (non décliné).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how genügend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zu Recht ist die Bestimmung daher auch so formuliert, dass sie ausnahmslos gilt: Der genügende Abstand ist immer einzuhalten (Sten.Bull. NR 1957 S. 175).
Sicherstellung der Wasserversorgung durch eine dauernde Bereitstellung und Lieferung von Wasser in für die jeweilige Nutzung einwandfreien Qualität, unter genügendem Druck und in ausreichender Menge (§ 18 Abs.1 WNG)…
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.