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gemen

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German gemene (common), from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with English mean and German gemein.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gemen (neuter gement, plural and definite singular attributive gemene)

  1. (archaic) common, usual
  2. mean

Inflection

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Inflection of gemen
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular gemen mere gemen mest gemen2
indefinite neuter singular gement mere gemen mest gemen2
plural gemene mere gemen mest gemen2
definite attributive1 gemene mere gemen mest gemene

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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References

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Maranao

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Noun

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gemen

  1. smile

Middle English

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Noun

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gemen

  1. (Kent) alternative form of game

Romanian

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Adjective

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gemen m or n (feminine singular gemenă, masculine plural gemeni, feminine and neuter plural gemene)

  1. alternative form of geamăn

Declension

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Declension of gemen
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite gemen gemenă gemeni gemene
definite gemenul gemena gemenii gemenele
genitive-
dative
indefinite gemen gemene gemeni gemene
definite gemenului gemenei gemenilor gemenelor

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German gemēn, from Old Saxon gimeni, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with English mean, German gemein, Dutch gemeen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains) and Latin communis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gemen

  1. plain, simple, common, popular
    gemene man
    the man in the street, people in general
  2. mean, small-minded and petty; showing meanness in petty things (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (typography) small, lowercase
    Antonym: versal
Declension
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Inflection of gemen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular gemen
neuter singular gement
plural gemena
masculine plural2 gemene
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 gemene
all gemena

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Antonyms
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Noun

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gemen c

  1. a lowercase letter
    Synonym: liten bokstav
    Antonym: versal
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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gemen

  1. definite plural of gem

References

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