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Zu Weihnachten bekam die genügsame kleine Hilde nur eine Apfelsine und war überglücklich. At Christmas, little Hilde, who was content with little, got just one orange and was overjoyed.

adjective · C1

genügsam

[ɡəˈnyːkzaːm]

frugal, modest, content with little

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Antonyms
anspruchsvoll

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Other Examples

  • Wir sind beim Essen genügsam: Brot, Käse und ein paar Tomaten reichen uns völlig.

    We are easily pleased when it comes to food: bread, cheese and a few tomatoes are quite enough for us.

    The tinted words form a set phrase: ein paar

  • Du bist erstaunlich genügsam, Kalle: Ein Zelt am See reicht dir zum Glücklichsein.

    You are amazingly easy to please, Kalle: a tent by the lake is all you need to be happy.

  • Die genügsamsten Gäste im Café sind die älteren Damen, die stundenlang bei einer Tasse Tee sitzen.

    The most undemanding guests in the café are the older ladies who sit for hours over a cup of tea.

Grammar

Comparative
genügsamer Compares two things: … als …
Superlative
am genügsamsten The most of all, with "am": am …sten.

How the Word Is Built

genüg root sam suffix

Word family

genuggenügendie Genügsamkeit

In Otti's situations: Frau Hilde writes her memoirs

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