-gen

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gen"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Suffix

-gen

1. A producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.

   mutagen ― an agent that gives rise to mutations

   tormogen ― a cell that forms a socket

Usage notes

Used to form the names of three chemical elements: hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -gen

Related terms

• gene
• genesis
• genetic
• -genic
• -genous
• -geny

Translations

producer of something

• Catalan: -gen (ca) m
• Finnish: -geeni (fi)
• French: -gène (fr)
• German: -gen (de)
• Hungarian: -gén
• Irish: -gin f
• Italian: -geno (it)
• Japanese: 素 (ja) (so)
• Polish: -gen (pl) m
• Portuguese: -génio m (Portugal), -gênio m (Brazil), -geno (pt) m
• Spanish: -geno (es) m
• Turkish: -jen

Anagrams

• ENG, Eng., eng, neg, neg.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French -gène, from the Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Pronunciation

• The stress is an the preceding syllable, which has a grave accent if possible.

Suffix

-gen m (noun-forming suffix, plural -gens)

1. -gen

Suffix

-gen (adjective-forming suffix, feminine -gena, masculine plural -gens, feminine plural -genes)

1. -genic

Usage notes

• The stress is on the preceding syllable, e.g. androgen, feminine andrògena, masculine plural andrògens.

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -gen

Related terms

• gen

Garo

Suffix

-gen (A·chik)

1. future tense suffix

See also

• -noa (Mandi)

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡən/

Suffix

-gen n

1. used to make diminutives (especially in the 18th century)

Synonyms

• -chen (-ken)
• -lein (-erl, -le)

Derived terms

• Männgen, Städtgen, Weibgen, Wölkgen

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “producer of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeːn/

Suffix

-gen

1. A producer of something
2. producing something

Derived terms

German terms suffixed with -gen

Related terms

• Genus

Japanese

Romanization

-gen

1. Rōmaji transcription of げん

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Suffix

-gen

1. forming adjectives

-gen n

1. forming nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Bokmål terms suffixed with -gen

References

• “-gen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “-gen” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French -gène, from Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Suffix

-gen

1. forming adjectives

-gen n

1. forming nouns

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -gen

References

• “-gen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛn
• Syllabification: gen

Suffix

-gen m inan

1. -gen

   ‎alergia + ‎-gen → ‎alergen

Declension

Declension of -gen

	singular	plural
nominative	-gen	-geny
genitive	-genu	-genów
dative	-genowi	-genom
accusative	-gen	-geny
instrumental	-genem	-genami
locative	-genie	-genach
vocative	-genie	-geny

Derived terms

Polish terms suffixed with -gen

See also

• -genia

Further reading

• -gen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• -gen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía), possibly through French -gone.

Suffix

-gen

1. having sides; -gon

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -gen

Etymology 2

	preceding vowel
	A / I / O / U	E / İ / Ö / Ü
default	-gan	-gen
assimilated	-kan	-ken

From Proto-Turkic *-gan, *-gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɟen/

Suffix

-gen

1. Form of -gan after the vowels E / İ / Ö / Ü.

   ‎gez- (“to wander, to go about”) + ‎-egen → ‎gezegen (“planet”)

   ‎çekin- (“to abstain, to hesitate”) + ‎-gen → ‎çekingen (“shy, reserved”)

   ‎çalış- (“to work, to study”) + ‎-kan → ‎çalışkan (“hardworking”)