prägnant

See also: prægnant

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French prégnant (meaningful”, originally “pregnant), from Latin praegnans (pregnant). The sense of the German adjective is not far from the French, but its particulars may have developed under influence of unrelated prägen (compare especially einprägsam).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pʁɛˈɡnant/, /pʁe-/
  • Rhymes: -ant
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Adjective

prägnant (strong nominative masculine singular prägnanter, comparative prägnanter, superlative am prägnantesten)

  1. meaningful and concise; to the point; apposite; pithy
    Synonyms: aussagekräftig, treffend

Declension

Derived terms

  • Prägnanz

Further reading

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