geen

• gen (obsolete)
• g'n

From Dutch geen, from Middle Dutch negeen.

• IPA^(key): /χɪə̯n/

geen

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

geen

1. genitive plural of ge

From Proto-Germanic *gāną.

geen

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

     Geen. Ire.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

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• Hyphenation: geen
• Rhymes: -eːn

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.

geen

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

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

2. none

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

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

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

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]")

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.

• diegene
• datgeen, datgene
• hetgeen, hetgene

• gene, neeg, nege

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

geen

1. genitive singular of gee

• gêñ
• gin, gīn
• kīn

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

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geen

1. heart

• 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)