Declension and comparison German adjective genau

The declension of the adjective genau (precise, accurate) uses these forms of the comparison genau,genauer,am genauesten. The endings for the comparison in the comparative and superlative are er/esten. The adjective genau can be used both attributively in front of a noun as well as predicative in conjunction with a verb.One can not only inflect and compare genau, but all German adjectives. Comments ☆

positive
genau
comparative
genauer
superlative
am genauesten/genausten

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genau

genau · genauer · am genau(e)sten

English precise, accurate, exact, accurately, precisely, properly, strictly, thorough, truly

/ˈɡeːnaʊ/ · /ˈɡeːnaʊ/ · /ˈɡeːnaʊɐ/ · /ˈɡeːnaʊəstən/

gründlich und sorgfältig, was das Einhalten von selbstgesetzten oder fremden Regeln betrifft; um nichts abweichend; akribisch; akkurat; gründlich; exakt

» Das stimmt genau . English That is exactly right.

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The strong inflection of genau without articles or pronouns

Masculine

Nom. genauer
Gen. genauen
Dat. genauem
Acc. genauen

Feminine

Nom. genaue
Gen. genauer
Dat. genauer
Acc. genaue

Neutral

Nom. genaues
Gen. genauen
Dat. genauem
Acc. genaues

Plural

Nom. genaue
Gen. genauer
Dat. genauen
Acc. genaue
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Weak declension

The weak inflection of the adjective genau with the definite article 'der' or with pronouns like 'dieser' and 'jener'

Masculine

Nom. dergenaue
Gen. desgenauen
Dat. demgenauen
Acc. dengenauen

Feminine

Nom. diegenaue
Gen. dergenauen
Dat. dergenauen
Acc. diegenaue

Neutral

Nom. dasgenaue
Gen. desgenauen
Dat. demgenauen
Acc. dasgenaue

Plural

Nom. diegenauen
Gen. dergenauen
Dat. dengenauen
Acc. diegenauen
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Mixed declension

The mixed inflection of the adjective genau with the indefinite article 'ein' or with pronouns like 'kein' and 'mein'

Masculine

Nom. eingenauer
Gen. einesgenauen
Dat. einemgenauen
Acc. einengenauen

Feminine

Nom. einegenaue
Gen. einergenauen
Dat. einergenauen
Acc. einegenaue

Neutral

Nom. eingenaues
Gen. einesgenauen
Dat. einemgenauen
Acc. eingenaues

Plural

Nom. keinegenauen
Gen. keinergenauen
Dat. keinengenauen
Acc. keinegenauen

Predicative use

Using genau as predicative

Singular

Masc.eristgenau
Fem.sieistgenau
Neut.esistgenau

Plural

siesindgenau

Examples

Example sentences for genau

  • Das stimmt genau . 
    English That is exactly right.
  • Ich kenne das genaue Datum. 
    English I know the exact date.
  • Du bist genau wie dein Vater. 
    English You're just like your father.
  • Kansas ist genau in der Mitte der USA. 
    English Kansas is smack dab in the middle of the US.
  • Was genau bedeutet das? 
    English What exactly does that mean?
  • Die Figuren sind genau gleich. 
    English The figures are exactly alike.
  • Ich kenne meinen genauen Geburtsort nicht. 
    English I don't know the exact place I was born.
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Translation of German genau

German genau
English precise, accurate, exact, accurately, precisely, properly, strictly, thorough
Russian аккуратный, точный, точно, прямой, правильный, подробный
Spanish preciso, exacto, exactamente, meticuloso, precisamente
French précis, exact, avec exactitude, exactement, pile, précisément
Turkish kesin, tam, doğru, kesinlikle
Portuguese preciso, exato, rigoroso
Italian preciso, esatto
Romanian precis, exact, rigoros
Hungarian pontos, precíz, alapos, exakt, igaz, pontosan, precízen
Polish precyzyjny, dokładny
Greek ακριβής, σωστός, ακριβώς, λεπτομερής
Dutch exact, nauwkeurig, precies
Czech přesný, exaktní, důkladný, pečlivý, precizní
Swedish noggrann, precis, exakt, noggrant, punktlig, snål, sparsam
Danish nøjagtig, præcis
Japanese 厳密な, 正確な, 詳細な
Catalan precís, exacte, cuidadós, exactament, just, precisament
Finnish täsmällinen, tarkka, huolellinen
Norwegian presis, nøyaktig, nau, nauger, nauv
Basque zehatz, egiazko, egonkor, exakt, zehat
Serbian precizan, precizno, tačan, strogo, tačno
Macedonian прецизен, прецизно, точен, точно
Slovenian natančen, natančno, točen
Slowakisch presne, presný, dôkladný, exaktný
Bosnian tačan, precizan, precizno, tačno, temeljan
Croatian precizan, precizno, točan, temeljan, točno
Ukrainian точний, вірний, дослівний, ретельний, точно, точніше, ідентичний
Bulgarian прецизен, точен, старателен
Belorussian досканалы, точны, досыць, дэталёвы, падрабязны, праўдзіва
Indonesian cermat, teliti, tepat
Vietnamese chính xác, cẩn thận, kỹ lưỡng
Uzbek aniq, qattiq rioya qiluvchi, to'g'ri
Hindi कड़ाई से पालन करने वाला, सटीक
Chinese 精确, 一丝不苟, 准确, 细致
Thai รอบคอบ, ละเอียด, แม่นยำ
Korean 정확한, 철저한
Azerbaijani dəqiq, təfərrüatlı
Georgian ზუსტი, სიღრმისეული
Bengali সঠিক, খুঁটিনাটি, নির্ভুল
Albanian i hollësishëm, i saktë, saktë
Marathi अचूक, कडक, सखोल, सटीक
Nepali ठीक, विस्तृत, सटीक, सावधानीपूर्वक
Telugu ఖచ్చితమైన, పరిపూర్ణ, సరిగ్గా
Latvian precīzs, rūpīgs
Tamil துல்லியமான, சரியான
Estonian täpne, hoolikas
Armenian ճշգրիտ, դիպուկ
Kurdish rast, temamî
Hebrewמדויק، מדויק מאוד، נכון
Arabicبالضبط، دقيق، محدد
Persianدقیق، موشکافانه، درست، دقیقا، موافقم
Urduٹھیک، درست، بالکل، مکمل

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Meanings and synonyms of genau
  • gründlich und sorgfältig, was das Einhalten von selbstgesetzten oder fremden Regeln betrifft, akribisch, gründlich, sorgfältig, akkurat
  • um nichts abweichend, exakt zutreffend, akkurat, exakt, identisch, präzise
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Declension and comparison forms of genau

Summary of all declination forms and forms of comparisons of the adjective genau in all genera and cases

The declension and comparison of genau as declination and comparison tables with all strong, weak and mixed forms. These become clear as tables in the singular and plural and in all four cases nominative, genitive, dative and accusative.

Comparison of adjectives genau

positive genau
comparative genauer
superlative am genau(e)sten
  • positive: genau
  • comparative: genauer
  • superlative: am genau(e)sten

Strong declension genau

Masculine Feminine Neutral Plural
Nom. genauer genaue genaues genaue
Gen. genauen genauer genauen genauer
Dat. genauem genauer genauem genauen
Acc. genauen genaue genaues genaue
  • Masculine: genauer, genauen, genauem, genauen
  • Feminine: genaue, genauer, genauer, genaue
  • Neutral: genaues, genauen, genauem, genaues
  • Plural: genaue, genauer, genauen, genaue

Weak declension genau

  • Masculine: der genaue, des genauen, dem genauen, den genauen
  • Feminine: die genaue, der genauen, der genauen, die genaue
  • Neutral: das genaue, des genauen, dem genauen, das genaue
  • Plural: die genauen, der genauen, den genauen, die genauen

Mixed declension genau

  • Masculine: ein genauer, eines genauen, einem genauen, einen genauen
  • Feminine: eine genaue, einer genauen, einer genauen, eine genaue
  • Neutral: ein genaues, eines genauen, einem genauen, ein genaues
  • Plural: keine genauen, keiner genauen, keinen genauen, keine genauen

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