geen
See also: -geen
Crimean Gothic
Etymology
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From Proto-Germanic *gāną.
Verb
geen
- to go
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
- Geen. Ire.
- 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eːn
- IPA(key): /ɣeːn/
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Audio (NL): (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch negeen, ne gene, (also as engheen, en geen), from Old Dutch chein, ghein, nehein (“not one; none”). Compare German kein.
Determiner
geen
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *gēn, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Compare German jener.
Adjective
geen (not comparable)
Inflection
This word, when used at all, is usually preceded by a definite article or a demonstrative. Because of this, the uninflected form is very rare.
Declension of geen | ||||
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uninflected | geen | |||
inflected | gene | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | ||||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | gene | ||
n. sing. | geen | |||
plural | gene | |||
definite | gene | |||
partitive |
Derived terms
Anagrams
Wiradhuri
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *gīñ, cognate with Gamilaraay gii and Ngiyambaa kii.
Pronunciation
Noun
geen
References
- 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes
- kīn or gīn heart
- 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
- Gin—the heart.
- 1904, R. H. Mathews, The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 34
- Heart .... .... .... gêñ.
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