geen

== Afrikaans == === Alternative forms === gen (obsolete) g'n === Etymology === From Dutch geen, from Middle Dutch negeen. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /χɪə̯n/ === Determiner === geen no, not a, not an, not any == Basque == === Noun === geen genitive plural of ge == Crimean Gothic == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gāną. === Verb === geen to go == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣeːn/ (Northern) IPA(key): [ɣeɪ̯n], [xeɪ̯n], [χeɪ̯n] (Southern) IPA(key): [ʝeːn], [xeːn] 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 no, not a, not an, not any Ik ben geen robot. ― I'm not a robot. none ===== Usage notes ===== This determiner could historically be inflected, as visible in forms such as gener (surviving in generlei). ===== Derived terms ===== ===== 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) (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. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ==== Pronoun ==== geen alternative form of gene === Anagrams === gene, neeg, nege == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡeːn/, [ˈɡe̞ːn] Rhymes: -eːn Syllabification(key): geen Hyphenation(key): geen === Noun === geen genitive singular of gee == Middle English == === Noun === geen (pseudo-Northern) alternative form of gon (“to go”) == Wiradjuri == === Alternative forms === gêñ gin, gīn kīn === Etymology === From Proto-Central New South Wales *gīñ, cognate with Gamilaraay gii and Ngiyambaa kii. === Pronunciation === === Noun === geen heart === References === 1846, Horatio Hale, Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI of Reports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes 1892, James Günther, Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.), An Australian Language 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