gemein
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German gemein, from Old High German gimeini, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī. Cognate with Old English gemǣne, English mean, Dutch gemeen, Danish gemen, Swedish gemen and Norwegian gemen.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gemein (strong nominative masculine singular gemeiner, comparative gemeiner, superlative am gemeinsten)
- (colloquial, often childish) mean, nasty, wicked
- (dated, taxonomy) ordinary, common, average
- (dated) base, vile, vulgar
- (somewhat dated) having a characteristic in common
Adverb[edit]
gemein (strong nominative masculine singular gemeiner, comparative gemeiner, superlative am gemeinsten)
Declension[edit]
Positive forms of gemein
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist gemein | sie ist gemein | es ist gemein | sie sind gemein | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | gemeiner | gemeine | gemeines | gemeine |
genitive | gemeinen | gemeiner | gemeinen | gemeiner | |
dative | gemeinem | gemeiner | gemeinem | gemeinen | |
accusative | gemeinen | gemeine | gemeines | gemeine | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der gemeine | die gemeine | das gemeine | die gemeinen |
genitive | des gemeinen | der gemeinen | des gemeinen | der gemeinen | |
dative | dem gemeinen | der gemeinen | dem gemeinen | den gemeinen | |
accusative | den gemeinen | die gemeine | das gemeine | die gemeinen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein gemeiner | eine gemeine | ein gemeines | (keine) gemeinen |
genitive | eines gemeinen | einer gemeinen | eines gemeinen | (keiner) gemeinen | |
dative | einem gemeinen | einer gemeinen | einem gemeinen | (keinen) gemeinen | |
accusative | einen gemeinen | eine gemeine | ein gemeines | (keine) gemeinen |
Comparative forms of gemein
Superlative forms of gemein
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
gemein
- (colloquial) wicked, beastly, awfully, awful
- Es ist gemein kalt heute draußen. ― It's wicked cold outside today.
References[edit]
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989), “gemein”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
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