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genießen

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See also: geniessen

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German geniezen, from Old High German giniozan, from Proto-West Germanic *ganeutan, equivalent to ge- +‎ nießen. Akin to Dutch genieten, Yiddish געניסן (genisn).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈniːsn̩/, /ɡəˈniːsən/
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Verb

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genießen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present genießt, past tense genoss, past participle genossen, past subjunctive genösse, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to enjoy (an experience); to relish; to savor
    das Leben genießento enjoy life
  2. (transitive, formal) to have (food or beverage), to eat, to drink
  3. (figuratively) to receive; to have
    eine Erziehung genießento receive an education

Usage notes

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  • In older usage, genießen was construed with a genitive object: des Lebens genießen. This is now obsolete.
  • Genießen is significantly less frequent than English enjoy. The German verb usually means “to enjoy something consciously”, while the more general sense of “to take pleasure in” is expressed with other constructions. For example: She enjoys dancing. → “Sie tanzt gern.” Or: “Sie hat Spaß am Tanzen.”

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • genießen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • genießen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • genießen” in Duden online
  • genießen” in OpenThesaurus.de