sufficient

sufficient
adjective
genug

sufficient money/food — genug Geld/genug zu essen

be sufficient — genügen

sufficient reason — Grund genug

have you had sufficient? — (food, drink) haben Sie schon genug?

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adjective (enough: We haven't sufficient food to feed all these people; Will $10 be sufficient for your needs?) genügend
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suf·fi·cient
[səˈfɪʃənt]
I. adj inv genug, ausreichend, genügend, hinreichend
there wasn't \sufficient evidence to convict him die Beweise reichten nicht zu einer Verurteilung
to wear \sufficient clothes warm genug angezogen sein
to have \sufficient heating ausreichend beheizbar sein
to be \sufficient for sth/sb für etw/jdn ausreichen [o genügen] [o genug sein]
this recipe should be \sufficient for five people dieses Rezept sollte für fünf Leute ausreichen
II. n genügende Menge
they didn't have \sufficient to live on sie hatten nicht genug zum Leben
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[sə'fISənt]
adj
genügend, ausreichend, genug inv; maturity, temperature genügend attr, ausreichend; reason, condition, explanation, translation hinreichend; funds ausreichend, hinreichend; evidence ausreichend

is that sufficient reason for his dismissal? — ist das Grund genug or ein ausreichender Grund, ihn zu entlassen?

to be sufficient — genügen, ausreichen, genug sein

thank you, that's sufficient —

I think you have drunk quite sufficient — ich glaube, Sie haben genug getrunken

we haven't got sufficient to live on —

sufficient unto the day (is the evil thereof) (Prov) — der morgige Tag wird für sich selber sorgen

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sufficient
A adj
1. genügend, genug, aus-, hinreichend:
be sufficient genügen, (aus)reichen (beide:
for für)
2. obs tauglich, fähig (Person)
B s umg genügende Menge, genug
suff. abk
1. sufficient
2. LING suffix
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adjective
genug

sufficient money/food — genug Geld/genug zu essen

be sufficient — genügen

sufficient reason — Grund genug

have you had sufficient? — (food, drink) haben Sie schon genug?

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adj.
genügend adj.
hinlänglich adj.
hinreichend (Mathematik) adj.
hinreichend adj.
zureichend adj.

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