gemen

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German gemēn (“common”), from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with English mean and German gemein.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ɡ̊eˈmeˀn]

Adjective

gemen

  1. (archaic) common, usual
  2. mean

Inflection
Inflection of gemen
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular gemen — —2
Neuter singular gement — —2
Plural -e — —2
Definite attributive1 -e — —
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Maranao

Noun

gemen

  1. smile

Middle English

Noun

gemen

  1. (Kent) Alternative form of game

Romanian

Adjective

gemen m or n (feminine singular gemenă, masculine plural gemeni, feminine and neuter plural gemene)

  1. Alternative form of geamăn

Declension
Declension of gemen
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite gemen gemenă gemeni gemene
definite gemenul gemena gemenii gemenele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite gemen gemene gemeni gemene
definite gemenului gemenei gemenilor gemenelor

Swedish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German gemēn, from Old Saxon gimeni, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with English mean, German gemein, Dutch gemeen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains) and Latin communis.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɛˈmeːn/

Adjective

gemen

  1. plain, simple, common, popular
    gemene man
    the man in the street, people in general
  2. mean, small-minded and petty; showing meanness in petty things (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (typography) small, lowercase
Declension
Inflection of gemen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular gemen — —
Neuter singular gement — —
Plural gemena — —
Masculine plural3 gemene — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 gemene — —
All gemena — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic
Antonyms

Noun

gemen c

  1. a lowercase letter
Declension
Declension of gemen 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gemen gemenen gemener gemenerna
Genitive gemens gemenens gemeners gemenernas
Synonyms
Antonyms

References

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gemen

  1. definite plural of gem
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