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ge

See also: Variations of "ge"

ge - English

Noun

ge (plural ges)

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.

ge - Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡe/

Noun

ge inan

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

Declension

indefinite singular plural
absolutive ge gea geak
ergative gek geak geek
dative geri geari geei
genitive geren gearen geen
comitative gerekin gearekin geekin
causative gerengatik gearengatik geengatik
benefactive gerentzat gearentzat geentzat
instrumental gez geaz geez
inessive getan gean geetan
locative getako geko geetako
allative getara gera geetara
terminative getaraino geraino geetaraino
directive getarantz gerantz geetarantz
destinative getarako gerako geetarako
ablative getatik getik geetatik
partitive gerik — —
prolative getzat — —

ge - Catalan

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

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

ge - Cebuano

Interjection

ge

  1. (informal) Short for sige.

ge - Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɣə/

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

subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Anagrams

ge - Emilian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /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.

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
Number Person Gender Disjunctive (tonic) Nominative (subject) Accusative (direct complement) Dative (indirect complement) Reflexive (-self) Comitative (with)
SingularFirst— mèamemêg
Second— tèettetêg
ThirdMasculine lóalgesesêg
Feminine lêla
PluralFirstMasculine nuēter a se nōsk
Feminine nuētri
SecondMasculine vuēter a ve vōsk
Feminine vuētri
ThirdMasculine lôr i ge se sêg
Feminine el li

Pronoun

ge (adverbial, locative case)

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

ge - Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /keː/

Noun

ge n (genitive singular ges, plural ge)

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

Declension

Declension of ge

ge - Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡe/, /ɡɛ/

Noun

ge (plural ge-i)

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

ge - Japanese

Romanization

ge

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

ge - Lashi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡe/

Adjective

ge

  1. good

ge - Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA: /ɡeː/, [ɡeː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /d͡ʒe/, [d͡ʒɛː]

Noun

gē f (indeclinable)

  1. The name of the letter G.

Coordinate terms

ge - Mandarin

Romanization

ge (ge5／ge0, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄜ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 個／个

Romanization

ge

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

Usage notes

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

ge - Mapudungun

Noun

ge (Raguileo spelling)

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

ge - Middle English

Pronoun

ge

  1. Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Pronoun

ge

  1. Alternative form of heo (“she”)

ge - Occitan

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

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

ge - Ojibwe

Adverb

ge

  1. as for
  2. also, too, and

ge - Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jeː/

Pronoun

ġē

  1. you (plural): nominative plural of þū

Descendants

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /je/

Conjunction

ġe

  1. and; often doubled as ġe... ġe... ("both... and...")

Descendants

ge - Old French

Pronoun

ge

  1. Alternative form of je

ge - Old Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ʒe/

Pronoun

ge

  1. to her, to it, or to him

Descendants

  • Spanish: se

ge - Rawa

Pronoun

ge

  1. you

ge - Romagnol

Noun

ge m or f (invariable)

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

ge - Scottish Gaelic

Conjunction

ge

  1. (dated) although

Synonyms

ge - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈxe/ [ˈxe]
  • Syllabification: ge

Noun

ge f (plural ges)

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

Pronoun

ge

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

ge - Sumerian

Romanization

ge

  1. Romanization of 𒄀 (ge)

ge - Swedish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jeː/, [ˈjeːə]

Verb

ge (present ger, preterite gav, supine gett, imperative ge)

  1. to give
    • Synonym: giva (dated)
  2. (reflexive) to give up, to surrender, to quit
  3. to give (to exhibit as a product or result; to produce; to yield)

Usage notes

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

Conjugation

Active Passive
Infinitive ge ges
Supine gett getts
Imperative ge —
Imper. plural1 gen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative ger gav ges gavs
Ind. plural1 ge gåvo ges gåvos
Subjunctive2 ge gåve ges gåves
Participles
Present participle givande
Past participle given
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Active Passive
Infinitive giva givas
Supine givit givits
Imperative giv —
Imper. plural1 given —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative giver gav givs, gives gavs
Ind. plural1 giva gåvo givas gåvos
Subjunctive2 give gåve gives gåves
Participles
Present participle givande
Past participle given
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
Active Passive
Infinitive gifva gifvas
Supine gifvit gifvits
Imperative gif —
Imper. plural1 gifven —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative gifver gaf gifs, gifves gafs
Ind. plural1 gifva gåfvo gifvas gåfvos
Subjunctive2 gifve gåfve gifves gåfves
Participles
Present participle gifvande
Past participle gifven
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

Anagrams

ge - Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ge
  • IPA: /ˈɡe/, [ˈɡɛ]

Interjection

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒ)

  1. Clipping of sige.

Derived terms

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ge
  • IPA: /ˈhe/, [ˈhɛ]

Noun

ge (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒ)

  1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter G/g, in the Abecedario.
    • Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) dyi, (in the Abakada alphabet) ga

Alternative forms

ge - Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡeː/

Determiner

ge

  1. (distal) that, those
    • namo ge ― that chicken

Pronoun

ge

  1. (demonstrative) this
    • ngori tomau ge ― I want that
    • ge foke ― that is a cockroach

ge - Turkish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɟe/

Noun

ge (definite accusative geyi, plural geler)

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

ge - Turkmen

Noun

ge (definite accusative geni, plural geler)

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

ge - Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡé/

Verb

gé

  1. (transitive) to cut something; especially using a tool
  2. to segment into parts
    • mo gé e wẹ́lẹ́-wẹ́lẹ́ ― I segmented it into small pieces
  3. (stative, intransitive) to become cut, snapped, or broken

Derived terms

  • ègé (“piece, segment, cutting”)
  • ìgé (“the act of slicing”)

ge - Zaghawa

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ɡɛ/

Verb

ge

  1. sleep
Meaning and Definition of ge
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