• gen(obsolete)
• g'n

FromDutchgeen, fromMiddle Dutchnegeen.

• IPA^(key):/χɪə̯n/

geen

1. no, not a, not an, notany

geen

1. genitiveplural ofge

FromProto-Germanic*gāną.

geen

1. togo
   • 1589,Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq,letter:

     Geen. Ire.

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• IPA^(key):/ɣeːn/
• (Northern)IPA^(key):[ɣeɪ̯n],[xeɪ̯n],[χeɪ̯n]
• (Southern)IPA^(key):[ʝeːn],[xeːn]

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• Hyphenation:geen
• Rhymes:-eːn

FromMiddle Dutchnegeen,ne gene, (also asengheen,en geen), fromOld Dutchchein,ghein,nehein(“not one; none”), ultimately corresponding toProto-Germanic*nehwainaz(“nor one”). CompareGermankein,Yiddishקיין(keyn),Englishnone.

geen

1. no, not a, not an, notany

   Ikbengeenrobot. ―I'mnot a robot.

2. none

• This determiner could historically be inflected, as visible in forms such asgener (surviving ingenerlei).

• Afrikaans:geen
• Javindo:heen
• Jersey Dutch:xeîn,xîn
• Negerhollands:geen

FromMiddle Dutchgene, fromOld Dutch*gēn, fromProto-West Germanic*jain, fromProto-Germanic*jainaz. CompareGermanjener.

geen (notcomparable)

1. (archaic except in set phrases)yonder,yon,that

   degene zijde ―the far side (literally, “yonder side”)

   deze engene ―some people (lit., "this andthat [person]")

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.

geen

1. Alternative form ofgene

• gene,neeg,nege

• IPA^(key):/ˈɡeːn/,[ˈɡe̞ːn]
• Rhymes:-eːn
• Syllabification^(key):geen
• Hyphenation^(key):geen

geen

1. genitivesingular ofgee

• gêñ
• gin,gīn
• kīn

FromProto-Central New South Wales*gīñ, cognate withGamilaraaygii andNgiyambaakii.

geen

1. heart

• 1846, Horatio Hale,Ethnography and philology, Vol. VI ofReports of the United States Exploring Expedition, under the command of Charles Wilkes

  kīn orgīn heart

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• 1892, James Günther,Grammar and Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Dialect called the Wirradhuri, in John Fraser (ed.),An Australian Language

  Gin—the heart.

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• 1904, R. H. Mathews,The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales, inThe Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 34

  Heart .... .... ....gêñ.

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