Noun: gen
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like gen
motiveering,
Duitse herdershond,
urilift,
vervolmaking,
elektrische spanning,
ovenfriet,
winteravond,
weervrouw,
besteding,
bloemenveiling,
vertakking,
tintinofiel,
synaps,
olieraffinaderij,
vliegtuigkaping,
sawaslang,
verzetting,
afrondfout,
druivenoogst,
wintermaand, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From German Gen, from Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”), from the aorist infinitive of γίγνομαι (gígnomai, “to come into being”). Coined by the Danish biologist Wilhelm Ludvig Johannsen in a German-language publication. See: German Nouns '
Gen', Ancient Greek Nouns '
γενεά'.
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