gemein
German
Etymology
From Middle High German gemein, from Old High German gimeini, from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with Old English gemǣne, English mean, Dutch gemeen, Swedish gemen and Norwegian gemen.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
gemein (comparative gemeiner, superlative am gemeinsten)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- ^ 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
Further reading
- “gemein” in Duden online
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