ge

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ge"

Catalan

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Cebuano

Interjection

ge

  1. Shortened for sige (Informal)

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣə/
  • Audio(file)

Pronoun

ge

  1. (dialectal, colloquial) unstressed form of gij: you
    Da ge bedankt zeet da witte!
    You know I'm thankful!

Usage notes

See usage notes at gij

Inflection


Anagrams

Emilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡe/
  • Hyphenation: ge

Alternative forms

  • Becomes g’ before a vowel (proclitic).
A g’andám edmān. ― We go there tomorrow.
La g’à parlê. ― She talked to them.
  • Becomes -eg when acting as an enclitic (after a consonant).
J-eg vān edmān. ― They go there tomorrow. (imperative, singular)
J-eg dān da fêr. ― They give her trouble.
  • Becomes -g when acting as an enclitic (after a vowel).
A-g vag edmān. ― I’m going there tomorrow. (imperative, plural)
A-g pôrt di munjêgi. ― I bring him some apricots.

Etymology 1

From Latin illī (nominative plural and dative singular of ille). Cognate with Catalan li and Italian gli.

Pronoun

ge (personal, dative case)

  1. him, to him
    Al ge xîva njînta.
    He wasn’t saying anything to him.
  2. her, to her
  3. them, to them

Etymology 2

From Latin hīc (“here”). Cognate with Catalan hi, French y, Italian ci.

Pronoun

ge (adverbial, locative case)

  1. here, in here
  2. there, in there
    Al ge màt dèinter dl’akwa.
    He puts water in there.

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /keː/

Noun

ge n (genitive singular ges, plural ge)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Declension

Declension of ge
n4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ge geið ge geini
accusative ge geið ge geini
dative ge, gei genum geum geunum
genitive ges gesins gea geanna

See also

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡe/, /ɡɛ/

Noun

ge (plural ge-i)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter G/g.

See also

Japanese

Romanization

ge

  1. Rōmaji transcription of げ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ゲ

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

gē (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter G.

Coordinate terms

References

  • ge in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
  • ge in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."

Mandarin

Romanization

ge

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gē.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gé.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of gě.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of gè.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Mapudungun

A human eye

Noun

ge (using Raguileo Alphabet)

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. sight, the ability to see.

References

  • Wixaleyiñ: Mapucezugun-wigkazugun pici hemvlcijka (Wixaleyiñ: Small Mapudungun-Spanish dictionary), Beretta, Marta; Cañumil, Dario; Cañumil, Tulio, 2008.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ge

  1. Alternative form of ye

References

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ge

  1. Alternative form of heo

References

Old English

Etymology

From *jīz, an early variation of Proto-Germanic *jūz, representing Proto-Indo-European *yūs. Cognate with Old Frisian jī, Old Saxon gi, Dutch gij, Old High German ir (German ihr), Old Norse ér (Swedish I, later ni), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐍃 (jus). The Indo-European root is also the source of Albanian ju, Proto-Baltic *ju- (Lithuanian jūs), Tocharian A yas, Tocharian B yes.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeː/

Pronoun

ġē

  1. ye: nominative plural form of þū

Descendants

  • English: ye

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ego.

Pronoun

ge

  1. I

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin illī.

Pronoun

ge

  1. to her, to it, or to him

Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

ge

  1. (dated) although

Synonyms

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xe/
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -e

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

Pronoun

ge

  1. Obsolete form of se (as a dative pronoun).

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology

Apocopic form of giva, with umlaut, from Old Swedish giva, gæva, from Old Norse gefa, from Proto-Germanic *gebaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰab(ʰ)-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /jeː/, IPA(key): /ˈjeːə/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -eː

Verb

ge or giva

  1. to give
  2. (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit

Usage notes

  • The older strong conjugation (giva, giver) is complete with present and past participles. The weak conjugation (ge, ger) does not provide acceptable forms for the past tense (*gedde) or participles (*geende, *gedd), but is now the preferred and dominating choice for other cases (ge, ger, gett).

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • ange
  • ge an
  • ge besked
  • ge bort
  • ge efter
  • ge igen

Turkish

Noun

ge (definite accusative geyi, plural geler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

See also

Turkmen

Noun

ge (definite accusative geni, plural geler)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.

See also

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