kongenial
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Learned formation from kon- + genial, from Latin con- and genialis, respectively.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /kɔnɡeˈni̯aːl/, /ˈkɔnɡeˌni̯aːl/, [kɔn.ɡe-], [kɔŋ.ɡe-], [-njaːl], [-ni.aːl]
Audio (Austria): (file) Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: kon‧ge‧ni‧al
- Rhymes: -aːl
Adjective
[edit]kongenial (strong nominative masculine singular kongenialer, not comparable)
- (formal) equally brilliant; on the same mental or intellectual level
- Synonyms: ebenso brillant, ebenso genial, geistesverwandt
- Er war ein kongenialer Partner seines hervorragenden Chefs.
- He was an equally brilliant partner to his eminent boss.
- Das Buch verdankt seinen Erfolg auf dem deutschen Markt der kongenialen Übersetzung.
- The book owes its success on the German market to the equally brilliant translation.
- 1991, Joachim Geissler-Kasmekat, Malerei, das vergessene Handwerk, →ISBN, page 214:
- Der kompetente Kritiker ist dem Künstler im Erkennen und Beurteilen, also in der künstlerischen Intelligenz stets kongenial.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2007, Richard Faber, Eva-Maria Ziege, Das Feld der Frankfurter Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften vor 1945, Königshausen & Neumann, →ISBN, page 137:
- Die Ungewissheit, warum Philosophen, die kongenial miteinander verbunden waren, so oft Schwierigkeiten hatten, langfristig zusammen zu arbeiten, bewegt vor allem diejenigen, […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
[edit]- In some specific contexts, German kongenial and English congenial may overlap, but they must generally be considered false friends.
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of kongenial (uncomparable)
Synonyms
[edit]- (geistig) ebenbürtig
- (geistig) gleichrangig
Derived terms
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