ge

See also Appendix:Variations of "ge"

Catalan

Noun

ge f. (plural ges)

1. The Latin letter G (lowercase g).

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɣə/, /xə/ (North of the Netherlands)
• IPA: /ʝə/, /xə/ (South of the Netherlands and Belgium)

Pronoun

ge

1. Second-person singular, subjective, mute form: thou (dialectal).

Usage notes

See usage notes at gij

Declension

Dutch personal pronouns

	subject		object		possessive			reflexive
singular	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	full	unstr.	pred.
1st person	ik	'k1	mij	me	mijn	m'n1	mijne	me
2nd person	jij	je	jou	je	jouw	je	jouwe	je
2nd person dialectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich
3rd person masculine	hij	ie1	hem	'm1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich
3rd person feminine	zij	ze	haar	'r1, d'r1	haar	'r1, d'r1	hare	zich
3rd person neuter	het	't1	het	't1	zijn	z'n1	zijne	zich
plural
1st person	wij	we	ons	–	ons, onze2	–	onze	ons
2nd person	jullie	je	jullie	je	jullie	je	–	je
2nd person dialectal	gij	ge	u	–	uw	–	uwe	u
2nd person formal	u	–	u	–	uw	–	uwe	zich
3rd person	zij	ze	hen3, hun4	ze	hun	–	hunne	zich
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective.				3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).

Anagrams

• eg

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Esperanto

Noun

ge (plural ge-oj, accusative singular ge-on, accusative plural ge-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/be, co/ce, ĉo/ĉa, do/de, e, fo/ef, go/ge, ĝo/ĝe, ho/ha, ĥo/ĥi, i, jo/je, ĵo/ĵi, ko/ka, lo/el, mo/om, no/en, o, po/pa, ro/ar, so/es, ŝo/eŝ, to/ta, u, ŭo/eŭ, vo/vi, zo/ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names) [edit]}

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Japanese

Syllable

ge

1. The hiragana syllable げ (ge) or the katakana syllable ゲ (ge) in Hepburn romanization.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /geː/, SAMPA: /ge:/

Noun

gē (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter G.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32
    Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū — each, again, with a long vowel sound.

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Lojban

Conjunction

ge

1. and/both

Usage notes

• This is a coordinating conjunction: ge ... gi ... means both ... and ....

See also

• ga
• ganai
• genai
• gi
• go
• gonai
• gu

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Mandarin

Romanization

ge

1. Nonstandard spelling of gē.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gé.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gě.
4. Nonstandard spelling of gè.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Mapudungun

A human eye

Noun

ge (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. (anatomy) eye
2. sight, the ability to see.

References

• Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small mapudungun-spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

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Old English

Etymology

From *jīz, an early variation of Proto-Germanic *jūz, representing Proto-Indo-European *yūs. Cognate with Old Frisian jī, Old Saxon gi, Dutch gij, Old High German ir (German ihr), Old Norse ér (Swedish I, later ni), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐍃 (jus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian ju, Baltic *ju- (Lithuanian jūs), Tocharian A yas, Tocharian B yes.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jeː/

Pronoun

ġē

1. ye: nominative plural form of þū

Descendants

• English ye

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Old French

Alternative forms

• jo
• jeo
• jou
• je

Etymology

Latin ego

Pronoun

ge

1. I

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Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

ge

1. (dated) although

Synonyms

• ged

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Spanish

Noun

ge f. (plural ge)

1. Name of the letter g.

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Swedish

Etymology

From earlier giva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebanan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

ge or giva

1. to give
2. (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit

Conjugation

Conjugation of ge (weak)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	ge	ges
Present tense	ger	ges
Past tense	gav	gavs
Supine	gett	getts
Imperative	ge	—
Present participle	—
Past participle	—

Conjugation of giva (strong)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	giva	givas
Present tense	giver	givs, gives
Past tense	gav	gavs
Supine	givit	givits
Imperative	giv	—
Present participle	givande
Past participle	given

Conjugation of gifva (obsolete spelling, used before 1906)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	gifva	gifvas
Present tense	gifver	gifs, gifves
Past tense	gaf	gafs
Supine	gifvit	gifvits
Imperative	gif	—
Present participle	gifvande
Past participle	gifven

Usage notes

• The older strong conjugation (giva, giver) is complete with present and past participles. The weak conjugation (ge, ger) does not provide acceptable forms for the past tense (gedde) or participles (geende, gedd), but is now the preferred and dominating choice for other cases (ge, ger, gett).

Derived terms

ange ge an ge besked ge bort ge efter ge igen

ge järnet ge med sig ge sig av ge sig den på ge sig in i ge sig till

ge sig tillkänna ge sig på ge rätt ge tillbaka ge upp ge ut

inge överge tillge uppge utge

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Turkish

Noun

ge

1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze ^{(Category: tr:Latin letter names) [edit]}