enough

enough
[ɪʼnʌf] adj
inv
1) attr (sufficient) genügend, ausreichend, genug;
there are 25 textbooks per class - that should be \enough wir haben 25 Lehrbücher pro Klasse - das dürfte reichen;
there's \enough room for everyone es ist genügend Platz für alle da;
there was just \enough room for two cars es war gerade Platz genug für zwei Autos;
Chris had cooked \enough food to feed an army Chris hat genug Essen gekocht, um eine ganze Armee zu verköstigen;
too much work and not \enough people to do it zu viel Arbeit und nicht genug Leute, um sie zu erledigen (form);
there will be time \enough to tell you when we meet es ist genug Zeit, dir zu sagen, wann wir uns treffen
2) attr (more than is wanted) genug, genügend;
don't you have \enough problems already? hast du nicht schon genug Probleme?;
you've had quite \enough time! du hattest doch wohl Zeit genug!;
we've got \enough problems without that wir haben auch so schon genug Probleme;
I've got problems \enough of one's own ich habe selbst genug Probleme
PHRASES:
to give sb \enough rope to hang themselves jdm zu viele Freiheiten lassen adv
inv
1) (adequately) genug, genügend, ausreichend;
are you warm \enough? ist es dir warm genug?;
is the water hot \enough yet? ist das Wasser schon heiß genug? (form);
would you be good \enough to take my bag upstairs for me? wären Sie so freundlich, mir meine Tasche nach oben zu tragen?;
I can't run fast \enough to keep up with you ich laufe nicht schnell genug, um mit dir Schritt halten zu können;
to be experienced \enough for a job ausreichend Erfahrung für einen Job haben;
to be stupid \enough to believe sb dumm genug sein, jdm zu glauben
2) (quite) ziemlich;
he seems nice \enough er scheint recht nett zu sein;
he's bad \enough, but his brother is far worse er ist schon schlimm genug, aber sein Bruder ist noch viel schlimmer;
curiously \enough, there is no mention of him seltsamerweise wird er überhaupt nicht erwähnt;
funnily \enough komischerweise;
to be pretty \enough recht hübsch sein;
strangely [or oddly] \enough merkwürdigerweise interj
\enough! jetzt reicht es aber! (fam) pron
no pl
1) (sufficient quantity) genug, ausreichend;
there's \enough for everybody es ist für alle genug da;
we had almost \enough but one or two people didn't get any ice cream wir hatten fast genug, nur ein oder zwei Leute bekamen kein Eis;
it had looked tight but in the end there was just \enough to go around es hatte eng ausgesehen, aber schlussendlich kamen wir gerade durch;
sometimes there is not quite \enough for a second cup manchmal reicht es nicht ganz für eine zweite Tasse;
you've had \enough [to eat] du hast genug gehabt!;
watching five minutes of the movie was \enough to see that it was going to be bad nach fünf Minuten war klar, dass der Film schlecht war;
I know \enough about art to ... ich weiß genug über Kunst, um ...;
she has \enough to do at work to keep her occupied for the next two years sie hat genügend Arbeit, um für die nächsten zwei Jahre beschäftigt zu sein;
more than \enough mehr als genug;
to have \enough to eat and drink genügend zu essen und zu trinken haben
2) (too much)
half an hour in his company is quite \enough eine halbe Stunde in seiner Gesellschaft ist mehr als genug;
you've had quite \enough to eat already du hast wirklich schon genug gegessen; (fig)
I've had \enough of your excuses/lies! ich habe die Nase voll von deinen Entschuldigungen/Lügen! (fam)
I've had \enough - I'm going home mir reicht's - ich gehe nach Hause;
\enough is \enough genug ist genug!;
that's \enough! jetzt reicht es!;
you've made \enough of a mess already du hast bereits genug Unheil angerichtet;
\enough of this [ (Am) already]! genug davon! (fam)
to have seen/heard \enough genug gesehen/gehört haben;
more than \enough mehr als genug;
to have \enough and to spare mehr als genug haben (fam)
PHRASES:
\enough is as good as a feast (prov) irgendwann muss man [auch mal] zufrieden sein;
it's \enough to make a saint swear es ist zum aus der Haut fahren (fam)
\enough said (don't mention it further) es ist alles gesagt;
(I understand) ich verstehe schon

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