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generös

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German

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Etymology

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From French généreux, from Middle French genereux, from Latin generōsus, from genus (birth, origin) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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generös (strong nominative masculine singular generöser, comparative generöser, superlative am generösesten)

  1. generous
    Synonym: großzügig

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Further reading

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  • generös” in Duden online
  • generös” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Swedish

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Etymology

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From French généreux, from Middle French genereux, from Latin generōsus, from genus (birth, origin) + -ōsus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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generös (comparative generösare, superlative generösast)

  1. generous
    Synonyms: givmild, frikostig

Declension

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Inflection of generös
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular generös generösare generösast
neuter singular generöst generösare generösast
plural generösa generösare generösast
masculine plural2 generöse generösare generösast
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 generöse generösare generösaste
all generösa generösare generösaste

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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