angenehm
German
Etymology
an + genehm, from Old High German nami,[1] ultimately from the same root as nehmen. Compare Sanskrit नमस्ते (namaste, “salutations (to you)”) for similar semantic development from the same Proto-Indo-European root.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʔanɡəˌneːm/; IPA(key): [ˈʔaŋɡəˌneːm]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: an‧ge‧nehm
Adjective
angenehm (strong nominative masculine singular angenehmer, comparative angenehmer, superlative am angenehmsten)
- pleasant
- short for 'pleased to meet you'
- Angenehm, Ihre Bekanntschaft zu machen. ([It is] pleasant to make your acquaintance.)
Declension
Positive forms of angenehm
Comparative forms of angenehm
Superlative forms of angenehm
Antonyms
References
- angenehm in wissen.de
Further reading
- “angenehm” in Duden online
- “angenehm” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “angenehm”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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