Polyglot Dictionary

genügsam

/ɡəˈnyːkzaːm/

adjective C1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

Adj Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Meaning

  1. frugal

    Built from genügen (to suffice) + -sam (-some).

    • Er ist ein genügsamer Mensch.

      He is a frugal person.

Made of

  • genügen to suffice
  • -sam -some

Similar words

sparsam

Genügsam is frugal in the sense of needing little to be content; sparsam is specifically economical, careful not to waste money.

Similar in other languages

Spanish

frugal

frugal is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "frugal."

Portuguese

frugal

frugal is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "frugal."

Practice

1 What does genügsam mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches genügsam?

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