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Translingual
Etymology
Abbreviation of EnglishCategory:Translingual terms derived from English#GEN Geman DengCategory:Translingual abbreviations#GEN.
Symbol
genCategory:Translingual lemmas#GENCategory:Translingual symbols#GENCategory:Translingual terms with redundant script codes#GENCategory:Translingual entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d͡ʒɛn/Category:English 1-syllable words#GENCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#GENAudio (General Australian): (file) - Homophones: Jen, GenCategory:English terms with homophones#GEN
- Rhymes: -ɛnCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛn#GENCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛn/1 syllable#GEN
Etymology 1
Clipping of generalCategory:English clippings#GEN.
Noun
gen (uncountable)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English nouns#GENCategory:English uncountable nouns#GENCategory:English uncountable nouns#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (chiefly UKCategory:British English#GEN, IrelandCategory:Irish English#GEN, CommonwealthCategory:Commonwealth English#GEN, informalCategory:English informal terms#GEN) Information.
- 2015, Nicholas Whittaker, Platform Souls: The Trainspotter as 20th-Century Hero:
- Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- (birdwatchingCategory:en:Birdwatching#GEN) Information about the location of a bird.
- 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 172:
- I had some recent gen that they had been seen quite recently at Kunoth Well, a little dot on the map on the edge of the Tanami Desert.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- (fandom slangCategory:English fandom slang#GEN) Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex.
- Synonym: genfic
Adjective
gen (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English adjectives#GENCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 2
Noun
gen (plural gens)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English nouns#GENCategory:English countable nouns#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”).
Etymology 3
Shortened from generate and generator.
Verb
gen (third-person singular simple present gens, present participle genning, simple past and past participle genned)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English verbs#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program.
- genned with a LLMCategory:English terms with usage examples#GEN
- 1991, Bruce H. Hunter, Karen Bradford Hunter, UNIX Systems: Advanced Administration and Management Handbook:
- Defining the devices so that they will be genned during the sysgen and installation is the other half.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- 1993, Debra R. Niedermiller-Chaffins, Drew Heywood, Inside Novell NetWare, →ISBN, page 100:
- The older, genned files are difficult to keep up-to-date and are unsupported for some newer NICs.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- 2010, Donald K. Burleson, Oracle Tuning: The Definitive Reference, →ISBN, page 1109:
- As the capacities of the large servers are exceeded, a new server is genned into the RAC cluster.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- 2012, Robert Charles Wilson, Bios, →ISBN:
- The Turing factories on Isis's small moon had fallen short of productivity goals, though another two factory units had been genned.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
Noun
gen (plural gens)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English nouns#GENCategory:English countable nouns#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (slangCategory:English slang#GEN) A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy).
- Synonym: genny
Etymology 4
Shortened from genetic engineering
Verb
gen (third-person singular simple present gens, present participle genning, simple past and past participle genned)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English verbs#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (science fictionCategory:en:Science fiction#GEN) To genetically engineer.
- 2008, Bart Dahmer, Primal Screams, →ISBN, page 36:
- Samples could be taken from the original, and plans could be made, but genning could not be initiated until death had occurred.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- 2011, Karen Sandler, Tankborn, →ISBN, page 28:
- Her nurturer ears, genned to be hyper-sensitive, had to be hurting from the noise.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
Etymology 5
Etymology unknown.Category:English terms with unknown etymologies#GEN Possibilities include:
- Clipping of argentCategory:English clippings#GEN
- Clipping of generaliseCategory:English clippings#GEN, from back slang for English shilling.
Noun
gen (plural gens)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English nouns#GENCategory:English countable nouns#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (obsoleteCategory:English terms with obsolete senses#GEN, UKCategory:British English#GEN, slangCategory:English slang#GEN) A shilling.
- 1851, Henry Mayhew, “Gambling of Costermongers”, in London Labour and the London Poor, volume 1, page 17:
- The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a 'rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- 1978, Rose Ayers, The Street Sparrows:
- "Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer."Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
Etymology 6
Clipping of generationCategory:English clippings#GEN.
Noun
gen (plural gens)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English nouns#GENCategory:English countable nouns#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#GEN) A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years).
- 2022 June 28, “Wimbledon tennis: Fans react to Kristina Mladenovic's eye-catching outfit”, in The New Zealand Herald:
- "Mladenovic playing in what the young gen is calling a crop top, but what my gen is calling a bra," Bouchard tweeted. "Sign of the times that Wimbledon has no issue with that. Still can remember the year some had troubles because of 'too short' skirts lol."Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- 2022 July 4, Ben Schott, “Is There Anything That Gen Z Won’t Drink?”, in The Washington Post:
- It’s anyone’s guess whether such attitudes will persist into adulthood, but if Gen Z (and the gens to come) do prove more alco-skeptic than their forbears then the above twelve steps are deftly primed to cash in.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- (informalCategory:English informal terms#GEN, in combination) A specific version of something in a chronological sequence.
- 2004, Sally Bishai, “Courtship, Marriage and the Ubiquitous ‘Dating Thing’”, in Mid-East Meets West: On Being and Becoming a Modern Arab American, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 57:
- For my fellow first-gens, get ready to hide a smirk, because your life story is likely hidden somewhere in this chapter. For the uninitiated—that is, the person who's never had a thing to do with the Arab way of doing things (namely dating)—I advise you to buckle up.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- 2016, Dwight Lang, “Witnessing Social Class in the Academy”, in Allison L. Hurst, Sandi Kawecka Nenga, editors, Working in Class: Recognizing How Social Class Shapes Our Academic Work, Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, part 2 (Teaching), page 102:
- […] I witness firsthand the difficult "downstream" outcomes (Grusky 2014) of social class stratification in a university setting where approximately 3,400 undergraduates (13% of the undergraduate population) are first in their families to attend and/or graduate from college (first-gens). Most of these students are low income and nearly 1,200 first-gens have grown up in poverty.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
- 2017, Temple Fennell, “SCIE: Sustainable Cycle of Investing Engagement”, in Kirby Rosplock, The Complete Direct Investing Handbook: A Guide for Family Offices, Qualified Purchasers, and Accredited Investors (Bloomberg Financial Series), Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 242:
- The Family Values and Framing Strategy steps address soft issues as what is the purpose of the new investment strategy, is there a desire to engage and train the next generation (Next Gens), and is there building buy-in and engagement across the family members important to strengthen family unity.Category:English terms with quotations#GEN
Derived terms
Etymology 7
Adverb
gen (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#GENCategory:English adverbs#GENCategory:English uncomparable adverbs#GENCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Anagrams
Category:en:Birdwatching#GENCategory:en:Fan fiction#GENCatalan
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from German#GENCategory:Catalan terms derived from German#GEN Gen.
Pronunciation
Noun
gen m (plural gens)Category:Catalan lemmas#GENCategory:Catalan nouns#GENCategory:Catalan countable nouns#GENCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Catalan masculine nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Related terms
Further reading
- “gen” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “gen” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gen”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “gen”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
Cornish
Etymology 1
From Proto-BrythonicCategory:Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Brythonic#GENCategory:Cornish terms derived from Proto-Brythonic#GEN *gen, from Proto-CelticCategory:Cornish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#GENCategory:Cornish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#GEN *genus, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Cornish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GEN *ǵénus. Cognate with Gaulish gena, Irish gion, and Welsh gên.
Noun
gen f (dual diwen, plural genyow)Category:Cornish lemmas#GENCategory:Cornish nouns#GENCategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Cornish feminine nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Etymology 2
See gans.
Preposition
genCategory:Cornish lemmas#GENCategory:Cornish prepositions#GENCategory:Cornish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (Revived Late CornishCategory:Revived Late Cornish spellings#GEN) alternative form of gans (“with”)
Inflection
Mutation
| radical | soft | aspirate | hard | mixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gen | en | unchanged | ken | hen |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Czech terms borrowed from German#GENCategory:Czech terms derived from German#GEN Gen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɛn]Category:Czech terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
Category:Czech terms with audio pronunciation#GENAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: gen
- Rhymes: -ɛnCategory:Rhymes:Czech/ɛn#GEN
Noun
gen m inanCategory:Czech lemmas#GENCategory:Czech nouns#GENCategory:Czech entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Czech masculine nouns#GENCategory:Czech inanimate nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
- “gen”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “gen”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “gen”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026
Danish
Etymology 1
Category:Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GENCategory:Danish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-#GENFrom GermanCategory:Danish terms derived from German#GEN Gen, from Ancient GreekCategory:Danish terms derived from Ancient Greek#GEN γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”). Coined by the Danish biologist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in a German-language publication.
Noun
gen n (singular definite genet, plural indefinite gener)Category:Danish lemmas#GENCategory:Danish nouns#GENCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Danish neuter nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Declension
Etymology 2
Verb
genCategory:Danish non-lemma forms#GENCategory:Danish verb forms#GENCategory:Danish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- imperative of genne
References
- “gen” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Etymology
Category:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GENCategory:Dutch terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-#GENFrom GermanCategory:Dutch terms derived from German#GEN Gen, from Ancient GreekCategory:Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek#GEN γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”). Coined by the Danish biologist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in a German-language publication.
Pronunciation
Noun
gen n (plural genen, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#GENCategory:Dutch nouns#GENCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#GENCategory:Dutch nouns with lengthened vowel in the plural#GENCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Descendants
- → Indonesian: gen
Anagrams
Category:nl:Genetics#GENGerman
Etymology
From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#GENCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#GEN gēn, gein, from gegen with elision of intervocalic -g- (compare Getreide, Maid). Doublet of gegen (“against”)Category:German doublets#GEN. Cognate with Yiddish קיין (keyn).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeːn/, /ɡɛn/Category:German 1-syllable words#GENCategory:German 1-syllable words#GENCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#GENAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Homophones: gehn, GenCategory:German terms with homophones#GEN (according to the first pronunciation)
Preposition
genCategory:German lemmas#GENCategory:German prepositions#GENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN [with accusative]
- (literaryCategory:German literary terms#GEN, somewhat datedCategory:German dated terms#GEN) in the direction; to; towards (a place or time)
- gen Norden ― to the north, northwardsCategory:German terms with usage examples#GEN
- gen Abend ― towards the evening, in the late afternoonCategory:German terms with usage examples#GEN
- 1851, Heinrich Heine, “Nachwort”, in Romanzero, Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- […] das tönende Grab des Zauberers Merlinus, welches sich im Walde Brozeliand in der Bretagne befindet, unter hohen Eichen, deren Wipfel wie grüne Flammen gen Himmel lodern.Category:German terms with quotations#GENCategory:Requests for translations of German quotations#GEN
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
Further reading
Haitian Creole
Pronunciation
Verb
genCategory:Haitian Creole lemmas#GECategory:Haitian Creole verbs#GECategory:Haitian Creole entries with incorrect language header#GECategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- contraction of genyenCategory:Haitian Creole contractions#GE
References
- Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary, Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 74
Icelandic
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Icelandic terms borrowed from German#GENCategory:Icelandic terms derived from German#GEN Gen.
Noun
gen n (genitive singular gens, nominative plural gen)Category:Icelandic lemmas#GENCategory:Icelandic nouns#GENCategory:Icelandic entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Icelandic neuter nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gen | genið | gen | genin |
| accusative | gen | genið | gen | genin |
| dative | geni | geninu | genum | genunum |
| genitive | gens | gensins | gena | genanna |
Indonesian
Etymology
Category:Indonesian terms derived from German#GENCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Ancient Greek#GENBorrowed from DutchCategory:Indonesian terms borrowed from Dutch#GENCategory:Indonesian terms derived from Dutch#GEN gen.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡɛn/ [ˈɡen]Category:Indonesian 1-syllable words#GENCategory:Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
- Rhymes: -ɛnCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɛn#GENCategory:Rhymes:Indonesian/ɛn/1 syllable#GEN
- Syllabification: gen
Noun
gen (plural gen-gen)Category:Indonesian lemmas#GENCategory:Indonesian nouns#GENCategory:Indonesian entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (geneticsCategory:id:Genetics#GEN) gene (a theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms)
Derived terms
- gen pul (“gene pool”)
Further reading
- “gen”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Italian
Noun
gen mCategory:Italian lemmas#GENCategory:Italian nouns#GENCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Italian masculine nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Japanese
Romanization
genCategory:Japanese non-lemma forms#GENCategory:Japanese romanizations#GENCategory:Japanese terms with non-redundant manual script codes#GENCategory:Japanese entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from DutchCategory:Malay terms borrowed from Dutch#GENCategory:Malay terms derived from Dutch#GEN gen (“gene”), from GermanCategory:Malay terms derived from German#GEN Gen (which was coined by Danish biologist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in a German-language publication), from Ancient GreekCategory:Malay terms derived from Ancient Greek#GEN γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gen (plural gen-gen or gen2)Category:Malay lemmas#GENCategory:Malay nouns#GENCategory:Malay entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- gene
- (geneticsCategory:ms:Genetics#GEN) a theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; a gene may take several values and in principle predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair colour.
- (molecular biologyCategory:ms:Molecular biology#GEN) locus: a segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, in general the structure of a protein.
Derived terms
Further reading
- "gen" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
Mandarin
Romanization
genCategory:Hanyu Pinyin#GEN0Category:Mandarin non-lemma forms#GEN0Category:Mandarin terms with redundant script codes#GEN0Category:Mandarin entries with incorrect language header#GEN0Category:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- nonstandard spelling of gēnCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#GEN0
- nonstandard spelling of génCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#GEN0
- nonstandard spelling of gěnCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#GEN0
- nonstandard spelling of gènCategory:Mandarin nonstandard forms#GEN0
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Preposition
genCategory:Middle English alternative forms#GENCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- alternative form of gain (“against”)
Mwotlap
Etymology
From Proto-Torres-Banks *ɣani, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Mwotlap terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#GENCategory:Mwotlap terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#GEN *kani, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Mwotlap terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#GENCategory:Mwotlap terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#GEN *kaən, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Mwotlap terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#GENCategory:Mwotlap terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#GEN *kaən. Cognate with Vurës gen.
Pronunciation
Verb
genCategory:Mwotlap lemmas#GENCategory:Mwotlap verbs#GENCategory:Mwotlap entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- to eat (meat, vegetables)
- to suffer (something unpleasant)
- to acquire (an honorific rank)
- (transitiveCategory:Mwotlap transitive verbs#GEN) (fire) to burn something
- (intransitiveCategory:Mwotlap intransitive verbs#GEN) (fire) to burn
Derived terms
References
François, Alexandre. 2026. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS (Pdf version). – entry gen.
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
gen n (definite singular genet, indefinite plural gener, definite plural gena or genene)Category:Norwegian Bokmål lemmas#GENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål nouns#GENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Norwegian Bokmål neuter nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Usage notes
References
- “gen” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- ↑ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Norwegian Nynorsk
Category:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#GENCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ǵenh₁-#GENNoun
gen n (definite singular genet, indefinite plural gen, definite plural gena)Category:Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas#GENCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk nouns#GENCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Norwegian Nynorsk neuter nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Usage notes
References
- “gen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- ↑ Language Council of Norway, Spelling decisions since 2012 (in Norwegian, retrieved 12.21.20)
Old English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#GEN *ju.
Adverb
ġēnCategory:Old English lemmas#GENCategory:Old English adverbs#GENCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Etymology 2
At least partly, a variant of ġēan
Pronunciation
Adverb
ġēnCategory:Old English lemmas#GENCategory:Old English adverbs#GENCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Etymology 3
Ultimately from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#GENCategory:Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#GEN *gagniz (“near, close”), see *gagin.
Pronunciation
Adjective
ġēnCategory:Old English lemmas#GENCategory:Old English adjectives#GENCategory:Old English entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
References
- Vladimir Orel (2003), “*ʒaʒniz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 122
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “gén”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old High German
Etymology
The form gēn appears early on in Bavarian, later spreading to eastern and southern Franconian and to the newly developing East Central German. Its origins are unknownCategory:Old High German terms with unknown etymologies#GEN. One theory invokes the original paradigm of Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#GENCategory:Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#GEN *gān, which had *ai in the 2nd and 3rd persons singular of the present; compare Middle Low German gân > he geit, modern Colognian jonn > hä jeiht, etc. The Old High German ē might thus be explained as a compromise vowel between ā and ei. What lends credence to this theory is the fact that Old High German ē cannot have developed regularly in the given position, as *ai becomes ē only before h, r, w, and word-finally.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeːn/, (early) [ɡɛːn]Category:Old High German terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
Verb
gēnCategory:Old High German lemmas#GENCategory:Old High German verbs#GENCategory:Old High German entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- alternative form of gān (“to go”)
Descendants
See also
Old Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-CelticCategory:Old Irish terms inherited from Proto-Celtic#GENCategory:Old Irish terms derived from Proto-Celtic#GEN *gʷenom.
Noun
gen n or fCategory:Old Irish lemmas#GENCategory:Old Irish nouns#GENCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Old Irish neuter nouns#GENCategory:Old Irish feminine nouns#GENCategory:Old Irish nouns with multiple genders#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Inflection
The Dictionary of the Irish Language believes that this was a u-stem, while Matasović disputes this classification since *giun would be expected from such a stem due to raising and u-infection; he declares it an o-stem.[1] All forms except the nominative are unattested.
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | genN | genN | genL, gena |
| vocative | genN | genN | genL, gena |
| accusative | genN | genN | genL, gena |
| genitive | ginL | gen | genN |
| dative | giunL | genaib | genaib |
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Derived terms
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Category:Requests for etymologies in Old Irish entries#GEN
Noun
gen fCategory:Old Irish lemmas#GENCategory:Old Irish nouns#GENCategory:Old Irish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Old Irish feminine nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Inflection
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | genL | ginL | genaH |
| vocative | genL | ginL | genaH |
| accusative | ginN | ginL | genaH |
| genitive | gineH | genL | genN |
| dative | ginL | genaib | genaib |
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
Mutation
References
- ↑ Matasović, Ranko (2009), Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 146
Old Occitan
Adjective
The template Template:pro-adj does not use the parameter(s):fpl=gentasPlease see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.
Category:Pages using invalid parameters when calling Template:pro-adj#GENgen m (feminine singular genta, masculine plural gens, feminine plural gentas)
Category:Old Occitan lemmas#GENCategory:Old Occitan adjectives#GENCategory:Old Occitan entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN- attractive; pleasing; nice; fair; pleasant
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour(Wikisource)
- 12th century, Bernard de Ventadour(Wikisource)
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “genitus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 103
Polish
Etymology
InternationalismCategory:Polish internationalisms#GEN; compare English gene, French gène, German Gen, ultimately from Ancient GreekCategory:Polish terms derived from Ancient Greek#GEN γενεᾱ́ (geneā́).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɛn/Category:Polish 1-syllable words#GENCategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
Category:Polish terms with audio pronunciation#GENAudio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɛn#GENCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɛn/1 syllable#GEN
- Syllabification: gen
- Homophone: -genCategory:Polish terms with homophones#GEN
Noun
gen m inan (related adjective genowy)Category:Polish lemmas#GENCategory:Polish nouns#GENCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Polish masculine nouns#GENCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (geneticsCategory:pl:Genetics#GEN) gene (theoretical unit of heredity of living organisms; it may take several values and, in principle, predetermines a precise trait of an organism's form (phenotype), such as hair color)
- (literaryCategory:Polish literary terms#GEN) gene (trait inherited from ancestors)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#GENCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#GEN genus. The particle sense is likely to be a semantic loan from EnglishCategory:Romanian semantic loans from English#GENCategory:Romanian terms derived from English#GEN like.
Pronunciation
Noun
gen n (plural genuri)Category:Romanian lemmas#GENCategory:Romanian nouns#GENCategory:Romanian countable nouns#GENCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- type, sort, kind
- Synonyms: fel, soi, tip
- ceva de genul (informal) ― something of the sortCategory:Romanian terms with collocations#GEN
- (datedCategory:Romanian dated terms#GEN) way of being, manner, attitude
- genre
- (grammarCategory:ro:Grammar#GEN) gender
- (sociologyCategory:ro:Sociology#GEN) gender
- (taxonomyCategory:ro:Taxonomy#GEN) genus
Declension
Particle
genCategory:Romanian lemmas#GENCategory:Romanian particles#GENCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN (colloquialCategory:Romanian colloquialisms#GEN)
Derived terms
References
- “gen”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanCategory:Spanish terms borrowed from German#GENCategory:Spanish terms derived from German#GEN Gen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxen/ [ˈxẽn]Category:Spanish 1-syllable words#GENCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
Category:Spanish terms with audio pronunciation#GENAudio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -enCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/en#GENCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/en/1 syllable#GEN
- Syllabification: gen
Noun
gen m (plural genes)Category:Spanish lemmas#GENCategory:Spanish nouns#GENCategory:Spanish countable nouns#GENCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Spanish masculine nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Derived terms
Further reading
- “gen”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old NorseCategory:Swedish terms inherited from Old Norse#GENCategory:Swedish terms derived from Old Norse#GEN gegn (“straight, direct”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
gen (comparative genare, superlative genast)Category:Swedish lemmas#GENCategory:Swedish adjectives#GENCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- gain; short, direct
Related terms
Etymology 2
From GermanCategory:Swedish terms borrowed from German#GENCategory:Swedish terms derived from German#GEN Gen.
Noun
gen cCategory:Swedish lemmas#GENCategory:Swedish nouns#GENCategory:Swedish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Swedish common-gender nouns#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | gen | gens |
| definite | genen | genens | |
| plural | indefinite | gener | geners |
| definite | generna | genernas |
Related terms
References
- “gen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
- “gen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
- “gen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
Anagrams
Category:sv:Genetics#GENTok Pisin
Etymology
From EnglishCategory:Tok Pisin terms derived from English#GEN again.
Adverb
genCategory:Tok Pisin lemmas#GENCategory:Tok Pisin adverbs#GENCategory:Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- again
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:21:
- Orait God, Bikpela i mekim man i slip i dai tru. Na taim man i slip yet, God i kisim wanpela bun long banis bilong man na i pasim gen skin bilong dispela hap.Category:Tok Pisin terms with quotations#GEN
Turkish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Ottoman TurkishCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish#GENCategory:Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish#GEN كیك (geñ), from Proto-TurkicCategory:Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic#GENCategory:Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic#GEN *kēŋ (“wide, broad”).
Cognate with Yakut киэҥ (kieŋ, “wide”), Bashkir киң (kiñ), Kazakh кең (keñ), etc.
Adjective
genCategory:Turkish lemmas#GENCategory:Turkish adjectives#GENCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (obsoleteCategory:Turkish terms with obsolete senses#GEN, dialectalCategory:Turkish dialectal terms#GEN) wide
Declension
| present tense | ||
|---|---|---|
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I am) | genim | gen miyim? |
| sen (you are) | gensin | gen misin? |
| o (he/she/it is) | gen / gendir | gen mi? |
| biz (we are) | geniz | gen miyiz? |
| siz (you are) | gensiniz | gen misiniz? |
| onlar (they are) | gen(ler) | gen(ler) mi? |
| past tense | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | gendim | gen miydim? |
| sen (you were) | gendin | gen miydin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | gendi | gen miydi? |
| biz (we were) | gendik | gen miydik? |
| siz (you were) | gendiniz | gen miydiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | gendiler | gen miydiler? |
| indirect past | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (I was) | genmişim | gen miymişim? |
| sen (you were) | genmişsin | gen miymişsin? |
| o (he/she/it was) | genmiş | gen miymiş? |
| biz (we were) | genmişiz | gen miymişiz? |
| siz (you were) | genmişsiniz | gen miymişsiniz? |
| onlar (they were) | genmişler | gen miymişler? |
| conditional | ||
| positive declarative | positive interrogative | |
| ben (if I) | gensem | gen miysem? |
| sen (if you) | gensen | gen miysen? |
| o (if he/she/it) | gense | gen miyse? |
| biz (if we) | gensek | gen miysek? |
| siz (if you) | genseniz | gen miyseniz? |
| onlar (if they) | genseler | gen miyseler? |
For negative forms, use the appropriate form of değil.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
gen (definite accusative geni, plural genler)Category:Turkish lemmas#GENCategory:Turkish nouns#GENCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (colloquialCategory:Turkish colloquialisms#GEN) A field that wasn't plowed for several years.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Turkish terms borrowed from French#GENCategory:Turkish terms derived from French#GEN gene.
Noun
gen (definite accusative geni, plural genler)Category:Turkish lemmas#GENCategory:Turkish nouns#GENCategory:Turkish entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Declension
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Vietnamese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Vietnamese terms borrowed from French#GENCategory:Vietnamese terms derived from French#GEN gène.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɛn˧˧], [ɣɛn˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jɛŋ˧˧], [ɣɛŋ˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɛŋ˧˧], [ɣɛŋ˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
- Phonetic spelling: gien, ghenCategory:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
Noun
genCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#GENCategory:Vietnamese nouns#GENCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Usage notes
- This is one of the rare cases in which a word's pronunciation differs from its spelling.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from EnglishCategory:Vietnamese terms borrowed from English#GENCategory:Vietnamese terms derived from English#GEN gen, or EnglishCategory:Vietnamese terms borrowed from English#GENCategory:Vietnamese terms derived from English#GEN gen AI.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zɛn˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jɛŋ˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [jɛŋ˧˧]Category:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
- Phonetic spelling: gienCategory:Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
Verb
genCategory:Vietnamese lemmas#GENCategory:Vietnamese verbs#GENCategory:Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
- (neologismCategory:Vietnamese neologisms#GEN) to generate something using a generative AI
Vurës
Etymology
From Proto-Torres-Banks *ɣani, from Proto-OceanicCategory:Vurës terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic#GENCategory:Vurës terms derived from Proto-Oceanic#GEN *kani, from Proto-Malayo-PolynesianCategory:Vurës terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#GENCategory:Vurës terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian#GEN *kaən, from Proto-AustronesianCategory:Vurës terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian#GENCategory:Vurës terms derived from Proto-Austronesian#GEN *kaən.[1] Cognate with Māori kai, Malay makan.
Pronunciation
Verb
genCategory:Vurës lemmas#GENCategory:Vurës verbs#GENCategory:Vurës entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Derived terms
References
- ↑ Catriona Malau (September 2021), “gen”, in A Dictionary of Vurës, Vanuatu (Asia-Pacific Linguistics), Australian National University Press, , →ISBN, page 75
Welsh
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Pronoun
genCategory:Welsh non-lemma forms#GENCategory:Welsh prepositional pronouns#GENCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-TaiCategory:Zhuang terms inherited from Proto-Tai#GEN1Category:Zhuang terms derived from Proto-Tai#GEN1 *qeːnᴬ (“arm”). Cognate with Thai แขน (kɛ̌ɛn), Northern Thai ᨡᩯ᩠ᨶ, Lao ແຂນ (khǣn), Lü ᦶᦃᧃ (ẋaen), Tai Dam ꪵꪄꪙ, Shan ၶႅၼ် (khěn).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /keːn˨˦/Category:Zhuang terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN1
- Tone numbers: gen1
- Hyphenation: genCategory:Zhuang 1-syllable words#GEN1
Noun
gen (1957–1982 spelling gen)Category:Zhuang lemmas#GEN1Category:Zhuang nouns#GEN1Category:Zhuang terms without Sawndip form#GEN1Category:Zhuang entries with incorrect language header#GEN1Category:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡěːn]Category:Zou terms with IPA pronunciation#GEN
- Hyphenation: gen
Verb
ge̋n (stem II [please provide])Category:Zou lemmas#GENCategory:Zou verbs#GENCategory:Zou entries with incorrect language header#GENCategory:Requests for inflections in Zou entries#GENCategory:Pages with entries#GENCategory:Pages with 34 entries#GEN
References
- Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 82
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41


