geen

See also: -geen

Afrikaans

Alternative forms

• gen (obsolete)
• g'n

Etymology

From Dutch geen, from Middle Dutch negeen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /χɪə̯n/

Determiner

geen

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

Basque

Noun

geen

1. genitive plural of ge

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gāną.

Verb

geen

1. to go
   • 1589, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq, letter:

     Geen. Ire.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣeːn/
• (Northern) IPA^(key): [ɣeɪn], [xeɪn], [χeɪn]
• (Southern) IPA^(key): [ʝeːn], [xeːn]

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• Hyphenation: geen
• Rhymes: -eːn

Etymology 1

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

geen

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

   Ik ben geen robot. ― I'm not a robot.

2. none

Usage notes

• This determiner could historically be inflected, as visible in forms such as gener (surviving in generlei).

Derived terms

• geen van alle
• geeneens
• geenszins
• generlei

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: geen
• Javindo: heen
• Jersey Dutch: xeîn, xîn
• Negerhollands: geen

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

geen (not comparable)

1. (archaic except in set phrases) yonder, yon, that

   de gene zijde ― the far side (literally, “yonder side”)

   deze en gene ― some people (lit., "this and that [person]")

Declension

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

Derived terms

• diegene
• datgeen, datgene
• hetgeen, hetgene

Anagrams

• gene, neeg, nege

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

geen

1. genitive singular of gee

Wiradjuri

Alternative forms

• gêñ
• gin, gīn
• kīn

Etymology

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

Noun

geen

1. heart

References

• 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

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language

  Gin—the heart.

  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• 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)