gemet

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch ghemet, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Proto-West Germanic *gametan, equivalent to ge- +‎ meten. Cognates include Old English ġemet, Old Saxon gimet, Old High German gimez.

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Noun

gemet n (plural gemeten, diminutive gemeetje n)

1. (obsolete) A measure of land roughly the size of an acre

Derived terms

• Tiengemeten

Related terms

• meten

Latin

Verb

gemet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of gemō

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈmet/

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *gamet, equivalent to ġe- +‎ met.

Noun

ġemet n

1. measure
   • c. 1087, the Peterborough Chronicle, obituary for William the Conqueror

     Hē wæs milde þām gōdum mannum þe God lufodon, and ofer eall ġemet stearc þām mannum þe wiþcwǣdon his willan.

     He was kind to the good people who loved God, and stern beyond all measure to the people who defied his will.

   • c. 1009, Æthelred's laws of the meeting at Eanham

     Ġemetu and ġewiht ryhte man ġeorne.

     Let measures and weights be set carefully.

2. measurement
3. capacity, ability
4. rule, law
5. (grammar) mood
   • c. 995, Ælfric, Extracts on Grammar in English

     Þæt ōðer ġemet is þæt bebēodendlīċe. Mid þām ġemete wē hātaþ ōðre menn dōn sum þing oþþe sum þing þrōwian.

     The second mood is the imperative. With this mood we order other people to do something or to undergo something.

Declension

Declension of gemet (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġemet	ġemetu
accusative	ġemet	ġemetu
genitive	ġemetes	ġemeta
dative	ġemete	ġemetum

Derived terms

• ġemetlǣċan
• ġemetlīċ

Related terms

• metan

Descendants

• Middle English: ȝemet, imet

Etymology 2

From Proto-West Germanic *gamet, equivalent to ġe- +‎ met.

Adjective

ġemet

1. fit, proper, meet

Declension

Declension of ġemet — Strong

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġemet	ġemet	ġemet
Accusative	ġemetne	ġemete	ġemet
Genitive	ġemetes	ġemetre	ġemetes
Dative	ġemetum	ġemetre	ġemetum
Instrumental	ġemete	ġemetre	ġemete
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġemete	ġemeta, ġemete	ġemet
Accusative	ġemete	ġemeta, ġemete	ġemet
Genitive	ġemetra	ġemetra	ġemetra
Dative	ġemetum	ġemetum	ġemetum
Instrumental	ġemetum	ġemetum	ġemetum

Declension of ġemet — Weak

Singular	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġemeta	ġemete	ġemete
Accusative	ġemetan	ġemetan	ġemete
Genitive	ġemetan	ġemetan	ġemetan
Dative	ġemetan	ġemetan	ġemetan
Instrumental	ġemetan	ġemetan	ġemetan
Plural	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ġemetan	ġemetan	ġemetan
Accusative	ġemetan	ġemetan	ġemetan
Genitive	ġemetra, ġemetena	ġemetra, ġemetena	ġemetra, ġemetena
Dative	ġemetum	ġemetum	ġemetum
Instrumental	ġemetum	ġemetum	ġemetum

Romanian

Noun

gemet n (plural gemete)

1. Alternative form of geamăt

Swedish

Noun

gemet

1. definite singular of gem