gén

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Hungarian

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Etymology

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From German Gen, from English gene, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, generation, descent), from γεννάω (gennáō, to beget). Coined by the Danish botanist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in 1909.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gén (plural gének)

  1. gene

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative gén gének
accusative gént géneket
dative génnek géneknek
instrumental génnel génekkel
causal-final génért génekért
translative génné génekké
terminative génig génekig
essive-formal génként génekként
essive-modal
inessive génben génekben
superessive génen géneken
adessive génnél géneknél
illative génbe génekbe
sublative génre génekre
allative génhez génekhez
elative génből génekből
delative génről génekről
ablative géntől génektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular
géné géneké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
généi génekéi
Possessive forms of gén
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. génem génjeim
2nd person sing. géned génjeid
3rd person sing. génje génjei
1st person plural génünk génjeink
2nd person plural génetek génjeitek
3rd person plural génjük génjeik

Derived terms

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Compound words with this term at the beginning
Compound words with this term at the end
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Compound words with -gén at the end

References

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  1. ^ gén in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading

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  • gén in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Mandarin

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Alternative forms

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Romanization

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gén (gen2, Zhuyin ㄍㄣˊ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of