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gemen

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German gemēn (common), from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with English mean and German gemein.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gemen

  1. (archaic) common, usual
  2. mean

Inflection

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Inflection of gemen
positive comparative superlative
indefinite common singular gemen 2
indefinite neuter singular gement 2
plural -e 2
definite attributive1 -e

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

Maranao

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Noun

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gemen

  1. smile

Middle English

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Noun

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gemen

  1. (Kent) Alternative form of game

Romanian

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Adjective

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gemen m or n (feminine singular gemenă, masculine plural gemeni, feminine and neuter plural gemene)

  1. Alternative form of geamăn

Declension

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Declension of gemen
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite gemen gemenă gemeni gemene
definite gemenul gemena gemenii gemenele
genitive-
dative
indefinite gemen gemene gemeni gemene
definite gemenului gemenei gemenilor gemenelor

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German gemēn, from Old Saxon gimeni, from Proto-West Germanic *gamainī, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gamainiz. Cognate with English mean, German gemein, Dutch gemeen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 (gamains) and Latin communis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gemen

  1. plain, simple, common, popular
    gemene man
    the man in the street, people in general
  2. mean, small-minded and petty; showing meanness in petty things (Can we add an example for this sense?)
  3. (typography) small, lowercase
    Antonym: versal
Declension
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Inflection of gemen
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular gemen
neuter singular gement
plural gemena
masculine plural2 gemene
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 gemene
all gemena

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Antonyms
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Noun

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gemen c

  1. a lowercase letter
    Synonym: liten bokstav
    Antonym: versal
Declension
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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gemen

  1. definite plural of gem

References

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