"be adequate" in German to be adequate angemessen sein adäquat sein ausreichen reichen genug sein Detailed translations for "be adequate" to be adequate to be adequate angemessen sein to be adequate adäquat sein to be adequate(also: to last out, to suffice, to be sufficient, to be enough) ausreichen to be adequate(also: to proffer sb. sth. /sth. to sb., to last out, to last, to reach) reichen to be adequate genug sein{intransitive verb}