gemen
Maguindanao
Noun
gemén
Middle English
Noun
gemen
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German gemēn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with English mean, German gemein, Dutch gemeen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains) and Latin communis.
Adjective
gemen
- plain, simple, common, popular
- gemene man
- the man in the street, people in general
- gemene man
- mean, small-minded and petty; showing meanness in petty things
- (typography) small, lowercase
Declension
Inflection of gemen | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | gemen | — | — |
Neuter singular | gement | — | — |
Plural | gemena | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | gemene | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | gemene | — | — |
All | gemena | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Related terms
Noun
gemen c
Declension
Declension of gemen | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gemen | gemenen | gemener | gemenerna |
Genitive | gemens | gemenens | gemeners | gemenernas |
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References
Categories:
- Maguindanao lemmas
- Maguindanao nouns
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Kentish Middle English
- Swedish terms borrowed from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Middle Low German
- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish adjectives
- sv:Typography
- Swedish uncomparable adjectives
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns