Polyglot Dictionary

genesen

/ɡəˈneːzn̩/

verb C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
genest
past
genas
perfect
ist genesen

Meaning

  1. to recover

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

erholen

genesen is more specifically medical recovery, from an illness; erholen is more general, like rest or recovery from fatigue.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

recobrar

recobrar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to recover."

Portuguese

recuperar

recuperar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to recover."

Practice

1 What does genesen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er ist von der Krankheit ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches genesen?

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