See also: -geen

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch geen, from Middle Dutch negeen.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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geen

  1. no, not a, not an, not any

Basque

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Noun

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geen

  1. genitive plural of ge

Crimean Gothic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *gāną.

Verb

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geen

  1. to go

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɣeːn/
  • (Northern) IPA(key): [ɣeɪn], [xeɪn], [χeɪn]
  • (Southern) IPA(key): [ʝeːn], [xeːn]
  • Audio (Netherlands):(file)
  • Hyphenation: geen
  • Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch negeen, ne gene, (also as engheen, en geen), from Old Dutch chein, ghein, nehein (not one; none), ultimately corresponding to Proto-Germanic *nehw ainaz (nor one). Compare German kein, Yiddish קיין (keyn), English none.

Determiner

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geen

  1. no, not a, not an, not any
    Ik ben geen robot.I'm not a robot.
  2. none
Usage notes
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  • This determiner could historically be inflected, as visible in forms such as gener (surviving in generlei).
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: geen
  • Javindo: heen
  • Jersey Dutch: xeîn, xîn
  • Negerhollands: geen

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch gene, from Old Dutch *gēn, from Proto-West Germanic *jain, from Proto-Germanic *jainaz. Compare German jener.

Adjective

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geen (not comparable)

  1. (archaic except in set phrases) yonder, yon, that
    de gene zijdethe far side (literally, “yonder side”)
    deze en genesome people (lit., "this and that [person]")
Declension
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This word, when used at all, is today usually preceded by a definite article or a demonstrative. Because of this, the uninflected form is very rare in contemporary Dutch.

Declension of geen
uninflected geen
inflected gene
comparative
positive
predicative/adverbial
indefinite m./f. sing. gene
n. sing. geen
plural gene
definite gene
partitive
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Anagrams

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Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡeːn/, [ˈɡe̞ːn]
  • Rhymes: -eːn
  • Syllabification(key): geen

Noun

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geen

  1. genitive singular of gee

Wiradjuri

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central New South Wales *gīñ, cognate with Gamilaraay gii and Ngiyambaa kii.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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geen

  1. heart

References

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  • 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
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  • 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language
    Gin—the heart.
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  • 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.
    (please add an English translation of this quotation)